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Old 05-03-2016, 09:19 PM
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The stock swaybar on my 4wd is 1 1/8" / 28.6mm which is the smallest that comes on the GMT800's that I am aware of.

I need to purchase some new bushings so I figured I might as well grab a swaybar from a truck being parted out.

My question is what trucks are compatible? 2wd use the same routing as 4wd? Tahoe/yukon/suburban/avalanche/denali?

I am assuming they are all the same but wanted to verify.
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Originally Posted by LJ93Z28GM
The stock swaybar on my 4wd is 1 1/8" / 28.6mm which is the smallest that comes on the GMT800's that I am aware of.

I need to purchase some new bushings so I figured I might as well grab a swaybar from a truck being parted out.

My question is what trucks are compatible? 2wd use the same routing as 4wd? Tahoe/yukon/suburban/avalanche/denali?

I am assuming they are all the same but wanted to verify.
No, they are different between 2wd and 4wd.
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The suvs typically have bgger sway bars, best bet would be to find a junkyard with a few different trucks and suvs and bring a caliper and measure them.... Wanna say the suburbans, 2500s and the escalades have the largest sway bars... Been wrong before though!!
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A 2500 sway bar will likely be different than a 1500
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They route the same as the 4wd 1500..... Never meaured one, but end links are same oart number (at least afternarket anyway)
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Endlinks are almost universal across the board.

As far as the bar. I don't see any one offering a 1500 bar that fits a 2500

Also when looking into some budget suspension mods, I measured a 2500 arm Vs a 1500 and they are completely different although the look very similar.
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Cool good to know...
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Thank you for the info.

Time to see what is local on craigslist being parted.
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If the lower arms are different on the 2500 I would think the sway bars would not be easily interchangeable.
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