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Sway Bar sqeaks

Well my sway bar is squeakin its @55 off and i figured its is well past the time for me to replace. Now my question is how do I find the size of my swaybar.

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Rockauto has 30mm / 29mm and a 27mm listed
 
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Just take them off and leave them off.
 
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No Tyler. I drive on the road at higher speeds. They are staying on the Truck. Im not trying to roll.
 
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Bump anyone
 
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take some open end wrenches and see which one fits perfect around your bar at the bushings. my sway squeaks like a beazy and i only have 10k on it.
 
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Why can't you just measure it and convert to mm?
 
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Originally Posted by ES894x4
take some open end wrenches and see which one fits perfect around your bar at the bushings. my sway squeaks like a beazy and i only have 10k on it.
I dont have any wrenches that big

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Why can't you just measure it and convert to mm?
cause i suck at conversions and 2 if its the matter of a couple of mm that might not be accurate enough to do standard to metric
 
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how about just putting some dielectic grease or something similer, to ones you have?
 
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Originally Posted by ccosgrove71
how about just putting some dielectic grease or something similer, to ones you have?
I tried that and it works for about 5 miles then squeaks again.

I Dont know why it didnt work usually lube helps everything
 
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