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Swaybar questions



the suspension techniques that i pulled off the dead white one. mounted to
the lower shok mounts and the front of the axle.
brian

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Rick Alexander wrote:

> I know it's an anti-sway bar but we all know what I'm talking about don't
> we?
>
> I picked up a used pair of bars in a swaps. They were sold as being for A1
> cars and are 22/28 which is just what I was looking for. Besides the price
> was right. Last night I was working on the back of Rolling Roc and went to
> install the new bar. After a fight, the OE bar was off but the OE and the
> aftermarket bars are not the same. It could be that the Aftermarket bar is
> for a different application or that it mounts differently. The OE bar is
> almost flat, mounts to the axle at the cross member and about halfway
> between the stub axle and the pivot point. The aftermarket bar has a bend in
> the horizontal plane, is longer and not quite as wide. I offered the new bar
> up to the axle and the forward mounts are correct and would work just fine.
> The outer ends of the bar are just inboard and back of the shock mounts.
> This location makes sense as there would be additional mechanical advantage
> for the bar if mounted on the shock mount.
>
> The questions I have for you experts out there go like this. Are these bars
> for another application? Am I missing the mounting hardware to attach this
> bar to the shock mounts? If the answer is the former, who needs these bars?
> If the answer is the latter, what does the hardware look like? Does anyone
> have any to spare? Where might I source this hardware?
>
> Rick Alexander
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>
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