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Re: Sway Bar Bushings

To: michael lunsford <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Sway Bar Bushings
From: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:59:45 -0600
At 06:13 AM 1/2/03 -0800, 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?

A machinist/TR6 owner friend of mine made up a set of these for his TR6 
almost 20 years ago, and he made me a set for my TR6 as well. His were made 
of aluminum. I'm sure $$$ was the reason the original manufacturer did not 
include these.

>  Is such a part already available out there?

I've never seen them.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
63 TR4 VSCDA Group 2 #58
Highland Park, IL

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