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Old 05-30-2008, 10:06 AM
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Are there part numbers on the sway bar that tell what car it came off of or what size it its? Thanks
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Don't think so, but all you have to do is measure the diameter to determine the size. Even then that size could have been fitted to a number of different models.
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Not any readable numbers that i recall, there may be something on the ends where the drop links go, but I'd have to go home and look on an old one off the shelf.

A micrometer is your real friend here.
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Originally Posted by SpideySlave944
A micrometer is your real friend here.
or an adjustable wrench and a ruler
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Originally Posted by Airflite40
or an adjustable wrench and a ruler
+1 Borys, you are cheap, but I am cheaper.

How about a piece of tape and a ruler.

1. Wrap the tape around the bar and mark where the tape overlaps.

2. Take it off the bar and measure the length of the tape to the mark you made.

3. Divide this figure by 3.142 and there is the bar size.

If you want to find out which model it was fitted to Click Here
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brilliant on that tape and pi method. just used that to confirm my newly purchased 26.8mm bar since i couldn't find my calipers but it's very sensitive to errors in the measuring of the tape.

one basic sway bar question slightly off topic: i've heard that the 26.8 bar is tubular but it seems solid to me. anyone know for sure? and if it's tubular, is it still stiffer than the 25.5mm bar? i guess i'm just wanting to confirm that the 26.8 is stiffer than the 25.5, which i'm assuming it is?

thanks.



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