U bolts for sway bars
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U bolts for sway bars Does anyone know exactly what size u bolt is required for the rear sway bar bracket mounts. The parts store wasn't really helpful in figuring this out and id like to have a replacement before trying to get the old rusty ones off.
Last edited by Kokomastah; May 9, 2019 at 07:33 PM.
If you're talking about the stock 10 bolt housing, the housing tube OD is 2 5/8" nominally considered as 2 3/4". The GM bolt ( u-bolt ) is P/N 10018208. I had to contend with rust too and first replacements were muffler/exhaust clamp u-bolts, then converted to stainless steel muffler/exhaust clamp u-bolts. If you use stainless steel, a regular steel nut is required as a SS nut will seize on a SS u-bolt.
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If you're talking about the stock 10 bolt housing, the housing tube OD is 2 5/8" nominally considered as 2 3/4". The GM bolt ( u-bolt ) is P/N 10018208. I had to contend with rust too and first replacements were muffler/exhaust clamp u-bolts, then converted to stainless steel muffler/exhaust clamp u-bolts. If you use stainless steel, a regular steel nut is required as a SS nut will seize on a SS u-bolt.
Last edited by Kokomastah; May 9, 2019 at 03:52 PM.
I had to get longer U bolts at Home Depot to lower the sway bar for my watts link... they fit sorta perfect...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...6906/204273759
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...6906/204273759
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i cant believe UMI is pretty much like the only place to get a new bolt kit from and they want $100. BMRs options seem to be weld on for slightly cheaper so not much help there.
Last edited by Kokomastah; May 8, 2019 at 12:00 AM.
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I ended up getting muffler clamps from AutoZone. It seems the u bolts they had there are only for leaf springs and way too long. Did the ones you got from advance Auto fit the stock spacer/saddel with the notch? Or did you use the saddel that came with the clamp. I had to cut my own notch in the muffler clamps so it sat on the axel locator like the stock saddel did. The
