With the tow loops on the front of the stock TR4A radiator shield, I wonder
where the bar would fit on a 4A. When you position the bar perfectly
horizontal, it wants to sit where the loops are! So, either the loops have
to be cut off, or the bar is in FRONT of the loops, or it is UNDER them in
some manner, and thereby reducing road clearance.
Some have said to replace the radiator shield with the TR6 unit, and then
the TR6 bar fits properly. This might be the way to go. I really like the
Goodparts sway bar, and its linkages. As you saw, one lister said that
Richard could make a custom size bar without much trouble. That still
leaves the problem of the tow loops being in the way. Do I hear a cut-off
tool?
Probably I would replace the stock radiator shield with the TR6 unit before
I cut up my original TR4A parts.
-Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
To: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; "Triumphs List"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: [TR] advice on installing a front swaybar on TR4A
>
>> I want to improve the handling on my TR4A. No swaybar is available here
>> in
>> the US specifically for this model.
>
> Huh ? What's wrong with the one from Addco ?
> http://www.addco.net/Toyota-Yugo_AntiSwaybars.htm#Triumph
>
> Although JC Whitney's website doesn't show the TR4A, I'll bet you can
> still buy
> any Addco bar through JCW. I think they consider TR4A as a sub-class of
> TR4.
>
>
>> So, I thought about fabricating some "extensions" to attach to the shield
>> so
>> that the sway bar can be mounted in the proper relationship to the A-arm.
>> It
>> appears that it would need to hold the center of the sway bar about 2"
>> forward
>> of the shield, and the total forward length of the extension would be
>> about
>> 3".
>>
>> Has anyone come up with a better arrangement to adapt a TR6 bar to the
>> 4A.
>
> Talk to Richard Goode. I am reasonably sure he would be willing to take
> back
> the TR6 bar, and make one to your specifications for the TR4A. For a
> price of
> course, but probably pretty reasonable. I've forgotten now how much he
> wanted
> to bend a custom bar for my TR3A, but it wasn't much at all.
>
> Randall
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