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• Precision Suspension Technology??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 09 Aug 96 21:43:31 CDT
  ...and they have front AND rear sway bars for buses and vanagons: 7/8" for $110; 1" for $150. anyway, i'm a little...
• Need '84 Front Anti-Sway Bar?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:11:53 -0400
  Hi everyone. I happened to be looking underneath my bus today after a trip, and lo and behold my right side front sta-bar...
• Re: Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 19 May 2021 11:07:14 -0500
  ...I also have the same Anti sway bar > > recently installed. I need to go on a few bumpy roads to test some > ideas. > > > > Funny...
• VW Parts for sale from pnw.forsale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 95 09:50 PST
  ...Grey 50.00 each -2 low back seats, i think they are from 1971 (?) - Sway-A-Way front sway bar. 25.00 - Sway-A...
• Re: Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:25:29 -0800
  ...Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper > Boy I'm going to sound old with this one. > Back in the...
• Re: K&N Air Filters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:50:27 -0800
  ...I'm beginning to be swayed... a few more posts like this and I'll be on the phone ordering my K&N filter...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 26 May 2004 12:30:13 -0400
  ...Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...) > Id say if anything, the front Addco/PST is TOO stiff > and...
• Cleaning A/C engine
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:37:58 EDT
  After a trout fishing weekend and about 100 mi of dirt/gravel road driving, during which I broke a end link of the sway...
• Body Lean/Tilt/Sway
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 14:37:14 -0800
  ...my problem - what I feel is excessive body lean/tilt or sway. As you'll note I have had two Westy's (an '80...
• Re: Replacing Ball Joints...anything else while in there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 May 2005 16:26:49 -0500
  ...407 175) 2 each sway bar inner bushings #3 22mm, .085 diam diameter ( 251 411 041 A) 2 each sway bar outer bushings #5...
• Follow-up stuck oil plug drain
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:24:55 -0400
  ...Upside, was that mechanic found some other more serious problems, inclduding the passenger side sway bar link deteched from the control arm. Tires Plus...
• Re: Big Brakes (review)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:51:34 -0400
  ...6, 2004, at 5:19 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >> Google Whiteline swaybars. They are the best, they do not break or >> corrode (unlike Addco...
• Tires: Report on B. F. Goodrich27-850R-14/C
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:49:45 -0700
  ...With the old tires I also had way too much sway going around corners and had to significantly slow down. Now with the correct...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:09:16 -0800
  ...A Split with an added front swaybar, or a > later Split, handled very competently, with none of the rear-jacking > and gross (but not...
• Re: End of the Rustagon
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 18:12:29 -0500
  ...lets you see the steering rack, tie rods, sway bar, where the fuel tank used to be, etc. now, if only the goof in...
• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:30:39 +0000
  Good idea. Will do that if I don't find any actual vanagon equipment. I do worry about about the size of the hole...
• Squeeking Noise Passenger Front
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:28:34 -0500
  ...Possible bushing for sway bar Diagnosis: Fill in here :) Namaste Stephen 85 Westy PS if I can think of anythign else I am sure...
• Shims for front springs
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:06:21 -0800
  Recently I put a shim in my left rear spring with great results in leveling that lefty sway by one full inch. I've...
• Re: right front clunk noise
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:58:19 -0700
  Check the anti-sway bar and all connections on it as one possibility. tx, bmc :) Ben McCafferty ben@volkscafe.com Volks Cafe 1823 Soquel...
• Re: brake pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:05:43 -0800
  ...links > on my 1981 Westy: > > https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/SwayBarDropLinkTool.jpg -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988...
• For Sale : VW stuff (A)
  Historical mailing list
  5 Apr 1995 20:42:18 -0400
  ...1-1968-72 VW bus rear anti-sway kit. NOS, in box with all mounting hardware and directions. 1-pair of 1968-72 VW...
• Re: broke anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 1 May 1999 09:40:48 -0600
  After breaking 4-5 droplinks on my '81, I had local racing shop weld a bold onto the broken droplink. This was their prefered...
• Re: Driving a splittie... NVC
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:54:15 +1300
  ...Lacking a front swaybar, it suffered extreme oversteer on tight bends taken fast with no load in back. Much of NZ is made up...
• Re: getting link bushings out
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:03:52 -0700
  ...I installed them on the sway bar first, > then applied dish soap, > and used several bar clamps to persuade the end links over the...
• Some new blog posts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:32:25 -0700
  ...rear head rest sockets I built for Stuart M, making new sway bar drop links, a novel material for flooring, rear bumper back up...
• Michael Tevis p[arts arrive
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 30 May 2009 11:46:09 +1200
  ...The box had torn, however, so I have to find out if they were in there and BOTH fell out (the swaybar endlinks were...
• Re: hose clamp/ Easy vanagon repairs,
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:13:02 -0400
  ...be a >faulty hose clamp! What kind of clamp? This could sway the clap debate. Brian (Thanks again Dan, you rock) >OH yeah, two...
• Re: 14,15,17 tires wheels my impressions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:28:17 +1200
  ...I am going with the >Koni specials here soon and a set of sway bars from >Aircooled.net (Yep, John I'm going to...
• grease needle
  Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 20:48:10 -0500
  ...I bought it for the sqeaking polyurethane bushings on my GTI's neuspeed anti-sway bars. Worked perfectly to shoot a little grease in...
• speedo fixit? (was Re: Speedo Repair with 1 year warranty)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:44:37 -0800
  ...Also, the is needle "wobble" that sways with a degree range of about 3-4 mph on the dial. Is this the main speedo...
• Re: Electrical nightmare!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:32:05 EST
  ...Be especially mindful of the mother nodes, G1 And G2, which are holding sway within the realm of the Digifant wiring harness. George
• sway bar wiggling
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:39:13 -0500
  I've been trying to diagnose a popping noise that happens when going over big bumps, that seems to be coming from the front...
• Front eng clunk - miraculous cure!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 19:03:13 -0400
  ...Replaced all the standard parts of the suspension - shocks, upper control arm bushings, upper ball joints, sway bar bushings. Checked for loose everything - tie...
• Re: Friday Topic: My Vanagon Accessories
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:56:52 +1300
  ...tacho x Golf II instruments (220kmh, 7000rpm) SUSPENSION 19mm front swaybar - Addco (J C Whitney) rear swaybar - Addco stiffer springs - Boge? - Germany? x Konis
• Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:09:22 -0400
  ...is, where do I find a sway bar linkage? Or does it need a whole new sway bar? I can't figure out how...
• Re: Leveling shims for Vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:58:55 -0600
  ...One solution suggests leveling > shims for > > the Vanagon springs to coorect the sway to the left. > > > > One post says that when you put a...
• Re: Should I Buy this Synchro?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 15:21:47 -0300
  ...Tires/brakes? Power steering, front sway bar links? Working diff lock. Dicker quickly, before someone else asks the same question and he says $7500...
• Problems with switching back to non pwr steering?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 02:37:53 -0600
  ...to standard steering ie early/late brakes issues, steering column alignment, sway bar changes, etc. This list has had many performance enhancing ideas forthe...
• Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:15:28 -0700
  ...other part of the suspension? Looks to me like the radius rod, sway bar and PS mount bushings all just bolt up. Thanks, Jeff
• FS: Upper & Lower Control arms, sway bar w/ droplinks, front taller springs, non-PS rack, steering knuckle shaft, etc.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 25 May 2010 11:12:40 -0700
  ...3) Sway bar with cast steel drop links. Includes both drop links. I've seen single droplinks for sale for less than my asking...
• Caught offside!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:01:36 +0100
  ...I suppose I could really get into this, 'sway bars' always make me laugh out loud, as I've always known them as 'anti...
• another tidbit of vital interest of certain ones of you. :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 2 May 2001 22:34:56 -0500
  ...SUV vs Minivan: "In their search for more cash flow, automakers' pollsters are busy defining the mental characteristics that sway a buyer toward either...
• Re: strange front suspension noises...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:58:45 -0400
  ...thanks for the responses. > >In the interest of ruling out the sway bar, I put pictures of its connections up at http://cs.uchicago...
• Re: NASCAR Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:06:09 -0700
  ...One only wonders what sort of sway bar they were using!! DM&FS
• VANAGON DRAG RACES!......which is actually a faster Vanagon....th e 1.9L timed at 5 degrees BTDC or the 2.1L.......is there a noticable dif ference?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:12:02 -0500
  ...rear factory sway bar, 1" front swaybar, dual battery, built in inverter, built-in battery charger so when you plug into shore power , you...
• Re: Power Steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:41:45 -0400
  Good picture of how not to install the cup washers on the sway bar mounts. Cup faces away from the inserts. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: NASCAR Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:47:21 EDT
  ...One only wonders what sort of sway bar they were > > using!! > > > > DM&FS > > > > > > that was taken at Nurburg (sp?) ring.. one of the (if...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 06:28:10 -0700
  ...thought that I'd re-done the suspension and added anti-sway bars. LT tires made a big, positive difference in my (and larry...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Jun 2007 - Special issue (#2007-658)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:45:29 -0700
  ...Oh yeah---sway bar bushings, too. Hey Loren, what's the status of getting your Norcold in? What are your plans for the cabinet...
• Re: hauling a GL on a UHaul auto hauler
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:42:23 -0600
  ...If the trailer doesn't track perfectly straight behind > your truck, slow down until it doesn't sway. > > -- > Michael Snow > 1987 Syncro TiiCo > 1982...
• I am selling some Vanagon parts at the Manassas Bug Out 53 see you there...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 23 May 2003 15:33:22 EDT
  ...arms 2 front lower control arm 1 used front 19 mm sway bar 1 set of used rear brake drums 1 set L/R...
• vanagon tow
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 07:35:58 -0800
  ...We could only go about 45 mph > before the dolly started to sway and oscillate. 4. Make sure you hook up > the lights--we...
• Re: no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:11:11 -0500
  What's a good way to do this? Will I have to remove them to inspect? Thanks, Wes (Chris S. wrote: > Have you checked...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:02 -0400
  ...It takes actual money to sway us. Please trim your posts, peeps. Much obliged, d mod
• Re: My Cool Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 14:25:40 PDT
  On Wed, 5 Apr 1995 Alistair Bell <ui775@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> responded: >Sagging torsion bars? About 4 years ago, one of those hot...
• Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 03:24:34 -0700
  Being more swayed each day to blow the wad and get a TDI conversion and do it my self. Questions. 1. Who posted the...
• Cross winds and shock absorbers
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 6 May 2006 15:28:59 -0400
  ...new "Nexen" LT tires, front end is ok and has stock sway bar. Thanks! Neil Nicholson. 1981 air cooled Westfalia Cheap-o web site...
• Re: Suspension-2nd try
  Historical mailing list - Michael Norden
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:28:07 -0800
  ...Is replacing the springs the only item to lower the car? Any suggestions about sway bars? Thanks, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Tom Forhan [mailto...
• Piece of metal rod stuck in rubber bushing, how remove?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 96 19:53:32 EDT
  The right front link of the sway bar on my '82 westy is broken off just where it attaches in a rubber bushing on...
• Re: Vanagon spoiler
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 96 23:59 EDT
  ...feeling when a strong gust hits the front and the vehicle sways. I don't like this at all. Even the engineers at VW...