[urq] The usual swaybar bushings question...

[martin at quattro.ca]

Louis-Alain,

You could do it.. however, you would need newer control arms.. and with
that, newer ball joints!! ($$$)
So.. probably much easier to find a place to duplicate the original
bushings.. Mike H has a new set that we could use as samples.

Cheers
Martin Pajak
www.quattro.ca


> Hi friends,
>
> Anybody has installed a newer style (à la 1984 and up) swaybar on an older
> style subframe ?
>
> If so, then which parts did you use for the inner bushings and end links ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> Note : I always found strange that the "swaybar" was also known as a
> "stabilizer bar" in some circles.
> The explanation lies in the fact that this bar has a dual role on a pure
> McPherson suspension like we find on a type 43 or 44. The bar controls, or
> stabilizes the movement of the lower arms (which are not a-arms, rather
> i-arms) and also acts side-to-side to control the lean of the car.
> On our type 85, which has a pseudo-McPherson suspension all around, the
> swaybar role is only to control lean. It doesn't "stabilize" the lower
> a-arms. So it is really only a swaybar...
>
>
>
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