Early 90's V8 Sway Bar size

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Old 06-02-2014, 12:47 PM
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I've heard rumor that the 4.2 sway bar is larger than the 3.6. Can anyone confirm that? I've looked everywhere I can think of to actually find a size and have been unsuccessful. Thanks
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3.6 is 26mm 4.2 is 28mm but I believe that not all US 4.2 cars came with the bigger SW.
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do you know if there is a way to tell, short of measuring the bar itself.
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They use different clamp on the bushings. The 26mm are stamped steel the 28mm are forged
or cast. Here's a link to pictures of what the 28mm clamps look like.
http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.p...1284&start=125
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I was actually gonna say it's larger than the one's I've been staring @ for 13yrs, but the forged thing, hits it. Once again, Yoda's spot on with all of it, and he's not a V8 guy........Ha. Tom
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Everything is still available in Germany. I got a few sets of new front swaybar bushings(in Germany they package them in sets(smart) and were like $20/set 2 yrs ago from a friend who was living there recently......used swaybars are totally available. Tom
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Thanks for the help, its appreciated.
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