I don't know from experience, but from what I have read (advertisements) &
what makes sense to me, the rods have to be made out of solid bar stock (&
somewhat tempered, at that) in order to provide much stability.  I don't
think conduit would do anything at all.

Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window

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Subject: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question

> In some of the books on my shelf and I think in some of my old catalogs,
> the sways look like they are simply made from varying sizes of steel
> electrical conduit.
>
> Am I seeing things?
>
> Seems like a cheap sway bar for some applications!
>
>
> CHRIS in Tennessee
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