Rear Sway Bar

I got this rear sway bar off a 83 Firebird. It looks like it has the potential for mounting on vans. It has 2 U bolts that hold it on the rear end and 2 brackets that mount the links to the frame. So drill 4 holes in the frame and you are done. But you probably need to make a couple of adjustments to mount it. My van is jacked up so I need longer links or have to build some brackets to reach down from the frame to mount that link bracket.

Ohh interesting. That IS very close.. Nice find.

Looks like a real good fit Don. They have a 1/2 price day at the pick a part(sure wish they do that here)

That looks great Don! That would help a lot with passengers eyes opening so wide when there is 4 of them in the back and taking a curve.
Again a great fix to one of our obsolete problems.

Nice find Don.

Damn, they whack you almost another 20% on the core charge. BASTARDS!

Nice find Don. and a great fit too....

very ,very cool!! great job. thanks for posting .

SURE WOULD make a great sticky in the "G VAN" section huh?

how long are the end links on that?

i need o hit the scrap yard and try to find one.

AFTER SEEING THIS POST A FEW WEEKS AGO I STARTED LOOKING ON CRAIGSLIST ONLY TO FIND SOMEONE GIVING ONE AWAY . HE REPLACED HIS REAR-END SO HE ENDED UP WITH ONE ON THE NEW REAR-END!! ( NEW END LINKS WERE $ 7.00EA) THE SWAY BAR WAS ALSO ON THE 85 I-ROC.

As I found out at last months Pick-A-Part 1/2 price sale those 3rd gen (83-93) Firebird and Camaro's sway bars come in several diameters. From the look of Don's he has the TransAm one which is also the largest.



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Half way between 7/8" and 15/16"

I have a rear sway bar from an f250 ford pick up and the diam is
about the same size, haven`t measured it but mounts the very same
but without the frame brackets. maybe the f350 truck would be even bigger?

Cool idea for a simple mod on rear sway bar! Hmm, so that were meant for early chevy vans? Donivan65... tell me, did your van come with rear tire that way by the factory originally? Or was that another one of your little mods ?

The brackets you made to fasten on frame with the sway bar - to me, the brackets seem not strong enough by the look. Were they enough to take up all the stress?

Dredging up an old post, hope you dont mind.

I want to ask about the mechanics behind this sway bar. Since Tammy will be driving her 66 as a daily with her and 4 kids I want to get it as stable as possible. Junk yards here in Alabama suck! I have gone to a couple and they say "Tell us what you need and we will see if we have it" then they charge part store prices.

I am wondering if this could be made more like a link than a full bar. Have the part that mounts to the frame similar but on the rear end mount fashion a mount like a shock mount with a piece of tubing with a bushing and a bolt through it.

Does it have to be a solid bar running the width of the rear end?

I am also thinking about this kind of link for the front end since our Sportvan doesn't have a front sway and it would need to be dropped for a dual master cylinder anyways.

I have seen ones on mid/late 80s to early 90s ford
3/4 ton trucks that clamp to the rear axle housing
similar to a muffler clamp and then used link kits
up to the frame, very basic and simple to adapt.

Just pulling this thread up since it hasn't been discussed for a while. Digz mentioned his rear sway bar and thought this would be a nice addition for anyone looking to put in a rear sway bar since factory examples never existed. It also answers my question on what else works, at least in the same family of cars.