<VV> Front Sway Bar mounting

[Sethracer@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/26/2004 6:12:17 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
rickjanet@charter.net writes:

Not a  problem with a Bob Coffin tubular (It's sooo toobuler Man!) sway bar.
Rick  Norris

> Nice thought but that really doesn't take care of the  geometry for the 
> a-arm mounts.  The bolts are at an angle  forward and outboard which causes 
the
> bolts to rub on the through hole  of the sway bar and the through hole of 
> the > bracket.   Already tried going tighter which cracked the bushings.  
Plan of
>  using threaded rod ends  and retain bushings on the bar  only.
>
> The Artful Dodger


The Crown bar usually had a formed end, like most GM sway bars -(Not like  
the Corvair bar) The little cut box piece that Crown supplied was supposed to  
bolt in place over the two studs from the caster strut. On cars that were just  
"Thrown" together, I have seen the box piece deformed as sideways load has 
been  applied. One method I have seen is to weld in a strut across the lower 
A-arm  This strut is vertical and has a hole drilled sideways through it. Instead 
of  using the Crown supplied Box piece, a rod end was used for the upper 
mount,  bolted to the hole, with a fine thread bolt going through the bar at the 
bottom.  A second upper attachment method was to drill longitudinally through 
the lower  arm (just like the lower shock mount) and capture a rod end centered 
on a  bolt, with sleeves to keep it in the middle of the arm. The lower arm 
mount was  still a bolt through. Bob Coffin's sway bar has a threaded plug on 
the tip of  the bar, making all mounting much easier. - Seth