Howdy,
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 TeamZ3@aol.com wrote:
> Swaybars are cornering springs. Spring rates are force per unit of distance,
> not just force alone. Your friend isn't considering that you will have two
> different length lever arms by only adjusting one side; one side will
> generate a different spring rate than the other. For a given diameter, the
> longer the lever arm the lower the swaybar spring rate and vice versa. You
> could potentially use this to your advantage if the car handles significantly
> different turning in one direction vs. the other. Generally speaking though,
> you want to adjust both sides of the bar.
I'm far from an expert, but in the ideal realm, wouldn't the length of the
lever arm be the length of _both_ sides of the swaybar? If you've got:
***********************
* *B
*
*A
Then pushing up B gives you less leverage if you assume A isn't fixed to
anything. If A is fixed to something, then you've got another lever
there. Similar the other way, pushing up A if B isn't fixed to anything
gives you more leverage, but if you attach B to something, you've got
another (way stiffer) lever there. Seems (qualitatively), like it'd
balance out.
Not counting mount binding, reality, etc.
Mark
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