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Old 06-02-2021, 10:00 AM   #13
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Re: Sway bar on a 63 with a later model cross member

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Originally Posted by SCOTI View Post
When the sway bar is being installed, the suspension needs to be compressed @ ride height (it's normal position). They way you are set-up in your images, it's extended.

Was the bar you pulled off & sold w/the previous suspension factory installed & similar to the unit you're installing w/the later model year x-member? I never knew 63's came w/sway bars but I suppose they could have.
I tried installing it last night, with the truck sitting on the ground, not extended.

The 73 original cross member did have a sway bar. There are holes in the frame. That original sway bar was a smaller diameter. The one from the 74 cross member is 1”.
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