This page will be updated sometime in the future when I get the time… In the meantime please check out my restoration journal. And here are all the posts I’ve made related to the rear end – there’s a load of information in the posts, so please check them out!
Does this rea have or use c-clip style axles or does it have bolt in axles like a ford or olds? Thanks
Hey. Mine were held in by retaining plates, so bolt in style, no C-clips. I think this is true for most Pontiacs but I am not sure. Cheers.
Hey man thats gonna be a nice car… whered u get ur panels from?
nice car , do you have the other ladder bar
i have a 67 sprint 6 and was told it was factory equipped with dual traction bars but the retard that had it before me told the exhaust man to trashem cause they were in his way of true dual exhaust when he put in 350 chevy,can you tell me if its a 8.2 or a 8.5 without tearing it apart.
Some 1967 Firebirds were equiped with only 1 traction bar (aka radius rod) on the passenger side. There is some controversy over the details but I have read that 400ci’s with auto trans had 1 radius rod and 400ci’s with manual trans had 2. Maybe someone who knows can add some info here for us.
some 1967 firebirds came with only 1 traction bar (aka radius rod). There is some conflicting information out there but I have read that 400ci’s with auto trans came with 1 radius rod on the passenger side. 400ci’s with manual trans came with both. Maybe someone who knows can shed some light for us.
Mine came with two, 326 HO, posi & 4 speed trans. It is my understanding some did have just one.
1967 only ran with one stabilizer bar.
1967 only came with one. This was due to the shock configuration. 1968 and up had 2. Some of the late ’67/early ’68’s may have had 2. this would be the only exception and would have had the 68/69 rear shock configuration.
Anyone know where I can get bushings for the traction Bar?
When I was looking I could not find these anywhere. In the end I had to use a polyurethane bushing from http://www.P-S-T.com (the rest of my bushings I used rubber). I can’t find the part on their website but maybe try contacting them. Cheers
thanks Lloyd, they have them in stock
67 400 and sprint 6 came with both traction bars. All other 67 firebirds came with one passenger side traction bar.
1967 is the only year for this configuration. 1968 went to multi-leaf suspension and did not come with traction bars.
hi I have a 1967 sprint and I put new tire and rim and now the back tire hit the side of the fender when I hit a small bum , I look at putting riser on the back leaf spring mount but it doesn’t look like the body aloud of it ? I need to rise the end about 1 to 2″ ?
I’m currently on the hunt for those bushings for a traction bar/stabilizer bar/radius rod. I will let you know what i find. We may have to adapt a slightly larger size? Who know’s….?
p-s-t has it under track bar bushings
You are wrong I’ve had 5 of these since1976. I’ve only seen them with 2 on the 67 only. Problems with wheel hop still existed so they staggered the shocks in 68 and added multi leafs. I never saw any firebird with only 1
I have 1 traction bar on my 67 firebird, what is the advantage to using 2 of them?
also i’m wanting to go tubular on my control arms vice original stamped ones, anyone have a recommendation?
I’ve researched a lot and am still confused. the ones made overseas are cheaper but I want quality as in QA1 or DSE or Global West. it’s dangerous to trust quality to Chinese or Taiwanese parts. I don’t know if they even have quality control over there and unfortunately when we receive a shipment from there no one checks for quality here.
i’m not intending to trust my life to foreign parts that are poorly made. especially control arms.
thanks
Tom
does anyone know where to get a complete radius rod installation kit (rod, brackets, nuts, bolts, bushings, etc;) for the drivers side on a 1967 firebird ?
i have a 67 camaro with a complete 1967 firebird rear in it…only has the radius rod on the passenger side.
thanks.
I am still looking for a complete passenger side radius rod kit. i have a 67 camaro with a 67 firebird rear and floor pan. right side has I beam radius rod and i want to duplicate that on passenger side. pass side floor pan does have two bolts and hole in frame where the rod bracket installs…i just cannot find a kit for the passenger side…rare item i guess.
thanks.
sorry, in my post of 2 december 2020, i meant to say i need the radius rod kit for the Drivers side, not the passenger side. i already have a complete passenger side rod.
it seems that the I beam radius rod and rear axle tube bracket are not that hard to find…they are interchangeable and will work on either side…the problem is that the front bracket that attaches to the two threaded studs in the floorpan is different in that the left side will fit only the left side and the right side will mount only on the right side.
thanks for any help or comments or advice.
I saw plenty of 67 Firebirds back in the day. Here is how it went:
Only 67s had them
All 400’s, regardless of 4-speed or automatic had both left and right.
A friend drove his father’s 326HO 4 speed car, and it had both left and right from the factory. His dad was the original owner.
4bbl Sprint 6 cars with 4 speed had both left and right. I do not know about 326HO and Sprint automatic cars – They may have had only the right side or possibly both. 1 bbl 6 cyl automatics actually had NONE.