Rear upper Stress Bar.

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (LEF)]

This is true. 
All lateral forces are fed into, and through, the rear axle pivot points; not the upper shock mounts.  The design of the shock mounts do not even allow the vertical shock loads to act on the body in a horizontal plane.  
 The REAR upper stress bar does not do anything.

Larry
sandiego16v


  The impact of that bar is almost nothing.  It would be much more significant if
  the rocco had rear struts vs. shocks.  Since our setup transfers all cornering
  forces to the rear beam, reinforcing the upper shock mount points on the
  horizontal plane does absolutely nothing (save take up some hatch space and look
  cool).
  HTH
  Al