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Originally Posted by Ol' Ron
I'm looking for the bushings for a 1942-48 sway bar. Now these front suspensions also have a stabilizer bar as well. The confusion comes from the fact that both parts take the same bushings acording to the parts list and if you check Google they are both the same. However, I was always under the impression that a sway bar connectes from the axle to the frame to prevent the car fron swaying. where as the stablizer bar keeps the car level in a turn. etting Old is a b*t*h.
Job lot doesn't even show a picture of it.
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Ron,
The '40 stabilizer, or sway bar, acts like a torsion bar to resist body sway or lean. An additional stabilizing device in later year models called a track bar extends from the frame on one side to the axle on the opposite side, controlling axle sidewise movement in relation to the frame.
