Anybody get pricing on these.
Greg Wilkinson wrote:
>There are other rear sway bars available that require 2 holes drilled in the
>frame but no welding. www.addco.net has some. I've haven't tried them yet,
>but I believe some listers have. Any comments on the Addco sway bar?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg
>67 BJ8
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Just a quick cautionary note to those thinking of installing the Dennis
>Welch
>rear sway bar. It requires welding to the rear axle, and my restorer did
>what
>appeared to be very elegant, neat welds. His mig was not hot enough, and
>after
>less 750 miles of use, the sway bar broke loose. The guy who is doing the
>repair says that sway bars are under extreme stress, and that this does
>happen. According to him, the only way to do this correctly is to do some
>heavy, gross welds to ensure positive attachement, and then to clean it up
>cosmetically with an overbeading that is a bit neater.
>
>I would say, that for the 750 miles, the ride was 300% better. There is no
>question that the swaybar transforms the performance (in conjunction with
>the
>larger DW front bar). Definitely would recommend this conversion, and hope
>all
>considering it verify the welds are strong.
>
>BTW, I was able to get a rear exhaust out of this, which was in question
>before we installed the sway bar unit. Some people thought you were limited
>to
>the side exhaust (deafness assured) option. It is true you can't fit the DW
>tramp bar, but the sway bar has lots of clearance, even with the 100M 2" big
>bore exhaust pipe.
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