32mm swaybar???

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Just purchased a 32mm 1LE swaybar, but I want to make sure it's actually 32mm before I go through installing it. There's a white sticker on it with the number 26025316. Does anyone know if this corresponds to a 1LE swaybar?

shbox.com lists a 32mm part# as 26032907. GMpartsdirect.com doesn't distinguish in the description, but lists 26025316 as almost $70 more (list price).

%$#%$ I think I've been duped.

[Red20170]

The place I got mine from list the part as part# 26032907. My old one has a Part# on it. i'll look at it tonight.

[dochidalgo]

I found this:

The P/N 26025316 is a front sway bar EXC WS6 1LE...96-97 LT1
The P/N 26032907 is a front sway bar WS6 1LE...94-95 LT1

I don't know what "EXC" means...but 70 bucks means, for me, solid versus hollow, I guess??. My car has installed the same as yours; Dal Slabaugh from Vandevere sent it to me a couple of years ago....

Hope someone could clarify the "EXC" term

Take care
Dochidalgo

ADD.....EXC seems to mean EXPORT CATALOGUE

[Joe 1320]

why don't you measure the bar?

[roastm]

32mm is 32mm does it mater if its gm , bmr, or spohn ?

[dochidalgo]

The point is if the sway bar is solid or hollow....the GM's are hollow

regards
dochidalgo

[fastTa]

32mm is 32mm does it mater if its gm , bmr, or spohn ?

Yes, it matters because of variations in wall thickness, material used, method of production, solid or hollow, etc, etc.

[fastTa]

why don't you measure the bar?

Agreed. Even most tape measures now have metric markings (usually mm's).

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

I tried to measure it. At the bends it's squashed a bit. At the bend it's 32mm, but at the straight parts it looks like 30mm. I wanted to double check the part number to make sure.

I went to GM parts catalog instead of just looking up the part#. Here's what it lists for stabilizer bar:

26025316 w/o perf package 93-97
26025316 coupe w/o hvy duty susp w/o firm ride susp 98-02
26025316 Conv w/o Hvy Duty Susp, w/o firm ride susp 98-02

26025315 coupe w/ firm ride susp 98-02

26032907 w/ hvy duty susp, w/o firm ride susp 98-02
26032907 Conv w/o Hvy Duty Susp, w/o firm ride susp 98-02

Looks like it's a 30mm bar. I don't know where Doc is getting his numbers from, but it looks to be a mistake. gmpartsdirect seems to have a mistake in the last entry for the convertible. (should read w/ not w/o)

I was told the part came off a 2002 TransAm WS6.

[Trash man]

EXC means Except

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Well, I'm going to see how the PayPal/E-bay resolution process works. Learned a lesson though...require more proof before jumping on a "deal".

[fastTa]

EXC means Except

Yes, usually in the case of stabilizer bars, it means "except convertibles".

[DeWynter]

Agreed. Even most tape measures now have metric markings (usually mm's).

Being from Canada that is a pretty funny statment as its hard to find a standard tape here. We might be metric but there is still a whole generation that grew up on standard. Then there is my generation which was a hybrid. Sorry to hijack continue on...

[Joe 1320]

btw.... a measuring caliper should be a standard tool in your box.

[fastTa]

Being from Canada that is a pretty funny statment as its hard to find a standard tape here. We might be metric but there is still a whole generation that grew up on standard. Then there is my generation which was a hybrid. Sorry to hijack continue on...

Give it 10 more years, and we will be primarily using metric ourselves. It's still slightly unatural to me, but it is a much easier and organized way of measurements.

I got the whole "mm" thing down, but I don't know if I will ever get used to saying "KM/h" for speed.