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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