Wheelman916

So I picked up a couple used sway bars... Real cheap. But I want to know if they are, what I was told they are.

The front bar is supposedly a SS/WS6 bar. It is bare, and I was told I will need to buy SS bushings, end links, and mounts, to use it.

The rear bar is supposedly a 1LE bar. It came with bushings, but no end links or mounts. I was told it is the "better" 1LE bar, whatever that means... and that the bushings will fit in the standard mounts. He did not mention end links.

The rear bar has a faded tag on it with the numbers 10021221.

Any one know if these bars are legit? Is their an easy way to measure them? What size bars correspond to SS/WS6 and 1LE?

Wheelman916

The front bar has a partial tag with what looks like "26_329_7" with the "_" numbers possibly being 9, 8, or 0... and it looks like the number could have been longer in the front but was ripped.

shbox

Measure the diameter in mm with a caliper.

10021221 should be a 21mm rear.

26032907 should be 32 mm front.

Those would be 1LE.

Wheelman916

Thank you

I don't have a caliper, but I crudely measured circumference with a tape measure:

Front: roughly 10cm
Rear: roughly a 1/4 under 7cm

I plug that in to a converter online, and it gives me a front diameter around 3.19cm and rear diameter around 2.15cm.

Even taking a little inaccuracy in to account, they do appear to be the 1LE bars

shbox

GM PART # 10221779 for end link kits. They are the same front and back, so you would need qty of 4.

Oh, and I read in another thread on this very forum where a crescent wrench was used as a poor man's caliper, then the distance was measured with a ruler.

FASTFATBOY

iTrader: (23)

If you have big enough wrenches, slide the open end over the bar to measure.

Try the 32/19 combo first, this is what came on 98 up SS/WS6 cars.

Wheelman916

Why stick with the smaller rear bar?