Sway bar questions

[455 oldz]

Is there a difference between sway bars from a 7.5" axle and an 8.5" axle where it goes under the the rear cover? is one hump bigger than the other? or will either work on my 8.5"?and is there a differecnce between a regular g body sway bar and say a turbo reagal/ hurst olds/442
as in diameter or one being hollow and one being solid?

Thanks....455 oldz

 

[Ormand]

Rear Sway Bar..

The parts book calls them stabilizer shafts. There are two, one for the regular suspension and one for the FE2 and F40 heavy duty or sport suspensions. The one that's on GNs and the Ts is 22mm, while the small one, on the "standard" suspsension, is only 19mm. Neither is hollow. I have one of the 22mm size in the back of my carport, one day I'll get around to selling it.. I replaced it with a 1" from PST. Not that the 22mm could be used on either the small axle, or the 8.5" axle, since the sport suspension came on cars other than the turbo cars, but the 8.5" axle only came on the turbo cars. The 19mm might not fit on an 8.5" axle, hard to say, since you could only get the 8.5" axle with the 22mm bar.

 

[455 oldz]

Can anyone verify this for sure? just want to make sure before I purchase one.

 

[RKHiPerformance]

The swaybars are completely interchangeable between the 7.5 and 8.5" rear axle assemblies. Contact me if your interested in a 1 3/8" rear bar.

RKHiPerformance@aol.com