Glen,
While diassembling the front suspension this evening,
I looked at the bar on my Fprod car and there is no
backing plate. Just a thick (maybe 3/32") washer on
both sides where the Heim joint bolts thru. The bar is
3/4 inch diameter. There are no signs of any
deflection of the control arm either.
John Holliday
67 Fprod street sprite
--- Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> I just finished mounting a 9/16" front anti-sway bar
> on my bugeye. The
> improvement in front end handling is quite
> noticeable. I drilled through
> the A-pans and mounted the link brackets. Is a
> re-enforcement plate really
> necessary on the backside to add strength? The
> metal I drilled through is
> already double thickness, having the A-frame and the
> spring pan together at
> that point. I've got some steel plates I could
> drill and add on behind if
> any extra strength is necessary. My gut feeling
> looking at it is that it
> will be strong enough. Anyone out there have a
> problem with this set-up?
> Please, no ancient stories of hard core racers
> ripping one out in a high
> speed turn with giant tires.
>
> The generic replacement polyurethane sway bar
> bushings and mounting brackets
> from JC Whitney worked great. Good fit to the
> provided holes on the Sprite.
> MUCH stiffer than the stock big rubber jobs, $9.95
> for the set. Better and
> cheaper!
>
> Regards,
> Glen Byrns
> '59 bugeye
>
>
>
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