Re: Sway bar bending advice needed

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>How does one go about bending a sway bar?
>I have a rear sway bar that I want to install, because when I carry my
>camper, my truck really leans on corners.  However, the sway bar I have
>is from a '74, and I have a '72 pickup.  From discussion with Ken F.,
>it seems that for 74/75, IH moved the springs out from the frame further.
>The frame width stayed the same, but the springs moved closer to the
>wheels on the axle.  So my sway bar is too wide.  I need to bend each
>end in about 3".
>
>If I use my acetylene torch and heat the 1-1/4" bar enough to bend it some
>more where it is already bent, will that ruin the sway bar?

Yep--it is likely 5140 or 5160 alloy, and heat treated.

>Anyone have or seen a narrower bar from a 73 or earlier rig?  Think I have
>one. For sale? No (saving for the WM.)

I think so--try Addco, or what's the name of the other big aftermarket
suspension outfit?

Greg
>
>Thanks
>Allan Weidenheimer
>72 1210 Pickup