Adjustable Panhard Bar and Sway Bar Question

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Feb 19, 2002 | 07:48 PM
  #1  
First off, what size sway bars come stock on a 1990 Iroc-Z. I don't have calipers to measure them myself and I can't find any info on the net. I need to replace the squeaky bushings.

What exactly does an adjustable panhard bar adjust?
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Feb 20, 2002 | 06:24 AM
  #2  
... an adjustable panhard bar will adjust the rear end to center when you lower the car.

As far as measuring the sway bar, use a cresent wrench. Just clamp it on the bar, around the center somewhere, and slid it off and measure between the jaws.
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Feb 20, 2002 | 11:36 AM
  #3  
Thanks.

I used a Craftsman Professional crescent wrench on em since it has jaw size printed on it and it turned out that I have 36mm front and 24mm rear. (For anyone else looking for the same info.)
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Feb 20, 2002 | 05:44 PM
  #4  
another way to find out
just measure the circumfrence with a tape or string.
then

C=2(pi)r => r=c/(2*3.14159265359)
Diameter=2r => D=2c/(2*3.14159265359)

D=c/pi easy as that
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Feb 22, 2002 | 11:48 PM
  #5  
I use a set of cheap plastic calipers my dad has had laying around his workshop for years. I dont know where he got them but they couldnt have cost more then 10 bux. Theyre accurate enough for checking sway bars and checking bore/stroke on an engine to tell if its what its suppsoed to be or not. The first time I measured my bars I tried to use the string method but turns out I was off, I calculated it as a 32mm and its really a 30mm.
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