PO put a stabilizer on one of mine. It steers quite nicely with its new 6.50 x 16 bias plies, but otherwise neglected condition. I always considered it kind of hokey, but maybe it does contribute to
I tried both the sway bar from AD panel truck and the after market sway bar. The panel bar is a marginal improvement. The after market bar works great, IMHO worth every penny. Don't know what kind of
I've got as sway bar on a 41 panel that I was going to use on my 38 1/2 ton but sounds like it's not that much of an improvment. I'm just afraid that I won't be able to find an aftermarket sway bar f
Author: "Durwood B. Darbin" <dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:21:08 GMT
So now we know why Mr. G. Grant Simmons doesn't have any problems with bias ply tires and lane drift! Use radials if you don't have a front stabilizer and you want to stay in your own lane. MY PO did
Hi All, I put an anti-sway bar on my 53' 1/2 ton. It has stock suspension, disc brakes (Camaro) and steel belted tires. The truck swayed like an old conestoga wagon. After, putting on the antiswaybar
Jon, I am glad to here this works for you. This may be the last piece I need to get my truck driving good. It drives pretty good now but after reading the Emails lately, I'm convinced I need a anti-s
Hey Durwood, maybe that's it, but I think it's so old that it probably isn't doing much. My PO didn't flatten the fan blade, but he flattened the front end instead, using a Highway Patrol car as his
Just had to chime in. My truck has basically stock suspension(Nova hubs & radials) and I put a swaybar from pickups NW about a year ago and really appreciate the difference. Another big improvement
Hey Erik, Where did you get the cross stabilizer shock? Are they readily available at the local FLAPS? About how much did you have to spend on each, the sway bar and the stabilizer? Thanks in ADvance
I used a Rancho. I ordered it from Summit Racing. They have a universal model. The local autoparts stores say "our books don't go back to '59". Claude 1959 Apache Fleetside http://www.dashlink.com/~r
I can't really speak for the '41. My AD bar from a panel was a slight improvement. Perhaps new bushings would of helped. Replacing these can add up to some $. I found the new 1 and !/8 bar performed