Toby, BobB,et al, Thanks very much for the excellent responses on my rear anti-sway bar question. I have emailed it to my cousin who is undertaking the refurbishment for me in California. If it was easy to get some photos, I'd appreciate seeing them. I also emailed Addco at the same time but haven't received a response from them ... when they do I will copy it to the List for information. Thanks again (apologies for delay in response, I just got back from work in Bangkok!) Regards, IAN ********************* ----- Original Message ----- From: tmpintnl <tobyp@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: [DML] Re: Rear anti-sway bars > Ian - I installed a rear sway bar on my car years ago. The > instructions have (hopefully) been updated, because they didn't make > any sense when I looked at them. In the final analysis, we drilled > holes into the lower web of the rear carriage frame, and installed > the "saddle bushings" there. The bar attaches through the saddle > bushings, and arches forward above the drive axles. The original kit > had two angle brackets that were supposed to be attached to the > trailing arm at the thickened area near the top of the arm, and just > forward of the hub carrier. The bushed links are then supposed to go > from the angles down to the spade ends on the bar. The angular > relationships between the bar ends and the angle brackets were not > good on my installation (I have an early prototype bar), and the > little link bushings were loaded at too much of an angle. I > ultimately changed the end attachments to spherical rod ends with > teflon linings. I will try to locate a digital camera and take some > pictures of my installation. I found out that the lower web of the > rear carriage is not quite strong enough out in the middle area. I > have developed a crack in the frame web due to high cyclic loads, and > one incident when I bottomed out in an intersection, and hit the > saddle bushing housings on the pavement (ouch!). You may want to > install the saddle bushings closer to either the forward or aft edges > to get more stiffness. No suspension parts required removal. Does > any of this make sense to you? Let me know - you can email me > privately if you wish. > > Toby Peterson VIN 2248 > Winged1 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "ian" <ian@xxxx> wrote: > > Hi DMLers, > > > > After seeing Walter's 'heads-up' on the anti-sway bars I got one > from Addco for my rhd car refurbishment project. It has arrived at my > mechanics place in CA. He says it looks good but he can't tell from > the poor instructions how it is mounted! Has anyone on the list > experience in fitting one. Can you offer some pointers as to how to > proceed? Does he have to remove the rear carrier assembly? > > > > Thanks, IAN > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >