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#506481 - 04/30/08 09:42 PM
Rear sway bar - Riviera, Eldorado, Toronado
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Barney Eaton
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Registered: 11/12/99
Posts: 4560
Loc: Georgetown TX USA
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I am helping a friend that has a 1991 Reatta with a gas tank/fuel pump problem. His original Reatta gas tank is rusting badly on the inside (we have scooped out hands-full of rust twice) this plugs the sock and causes the fuel pump to become noisy and fail.
Today we went to a pick and pull to get a replacement gas tank. I tried two different companys that list new Reatta-Riviera gas tanks on Ebay and both did not have stock.
So we went for a used tank. the biggest problem, they poke a hole in them to drain the fuel.
We were sucessfull and picked up two tanks, one from a '93 Riviera and a '88 Eldorado. What we noticed was that these cars do not have a rear sway bar. It is possible that sports suspension cars might but I looked at 4 different cars and no rear sway bar.
I thought I would pass this on as many people on this forum own Rivieras and other GM cars. The rear strut has the mounting tabs, so it would be easy to add a Reatta sway bar to your '86-94 Riviera,Toronado, Eldorado, Seville.
Also, while the gas tanks are the same, the 1988 Eldorado that gave up it tank to us uses different lines out of the tank. If you are in need of a gas gage etc, you might be able to transfer some of the parts, but you cannot transfer the entire unit to your Reatta without some modifications.
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#506672 - 05/01/08 05:28 PM
Re: Rear sway bar - Riviera, Eldorado, Toronado
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CHAS1
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Registered: 05/16/05
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I have a stock 1989 Riviera with standard suspension. Their is some type of sway bar that goes under the gas tank.
Charlie
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#506717 - 05/01/08 09:35 PM
Re: Rear sway bar - Riviera, Eldorado, Toronado
[Re: CHAS1]
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Barney Eaton
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Registered: 11/12/99
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Loc: Georgetown TX USA
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Maybe the early Riviers had one and they got cost reduced.
The main reason we noticed the missing rear sway bar, is the gas tank is earier to remove without one.
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