On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, michael lunsford wrote:
> I bought a rear sway bar a year or so and installed it per
> instructions which included securing the ends to the rear sway bar
> through the center of the spring hole with a long bolt and several
> large washers. I have since noted that the ends of the sway bar move
> around quite a bit and it looks like some type of bushing is needed to
> fill the hole from the outside of the bolt to the inside of the spring
> hole. A friend who has a machine shop has offered to make one for me
> from a round piece of teflon. Is there some reason that the
> manufacturer didn't provide a bushing for this piece besides the
> "cheaper" reason. Is this a reasonable addition to improve the
> performance of the swaybar or will a piece of this sort restrict the
> movement of the sway bar? Is such a part already available out there?
> TIA.
If you have the Addco bar, you can help keep things centered if you weld
the big washer and the little washer together (try to keep them centered).
It seems to me the Goodparts unit was pretty much self-centering.
> Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
regards,
rml
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