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Re: vanagon off-road capable?
Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 15:02:01 EDT
...On uneven surfaces the stiff sway bar could be holding the front of the van level with the front surface and therefore not allow...
Looking for Syncro Sway Bar Parts
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:30:00 -0400
I am looking for at least two Vanagon syncro sway bar drop links. If you have one or two of these and are willing...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:15:12 -0500
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/901951.jpg Finally succeeded...
Re: rear anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:03:33 -0500
...The ride is firm but very >> comfortable. >> >> When I installed my rear sway bar I used a shorter link so the rear end of...
Re: Front end ?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sat, 12 May 2007 12:51:18 -0400
...sway-bars on the list a few months ago(6-8). The thread was rather short-lived, but a couple very good links were...
Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:13:21 +0200
...linking bars between the sway-bar and the trailer > > arms > > 2x 253 511 417 and 2x 253 511 413 to mount the sway bar...
Re: Front Suspension Rattle
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 23:14:56 -0500
...Check for a broken sway bar link. Sometimes they bind up and break off where the sway bar attaches near the wheel, I'm...
Re: driving without sway bar?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:42:06 -0500
Wesley Pegden wrote: > To try to isolate my problem, I was going to go ahead and remove my sway > bar and stabilizer links and...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:00:27 -0800
...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success >> >> Thanks Dennis. I'll switch the washers around. I read an explanation on the samba...
Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:03:33 -0400
...What is broken on my car is the drop link, not the anti-sway > bar. I need a passenger side drop link only. For...
Re: Anti-Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Sat, 15 Jul 2017 07:49:25 -0400
This is the stock sway bar. I passed on the T3 Technique sway bar as the cost of this project threatened to exceed $1...
Re: getting link bushings out
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:52:42 -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...
Re: Stsbilizer Link Broke
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:27:44 -0600
...Put the bushing on the sway bar first, then put the link on next. When you tighten the nut on the link, watch out...
Re: Rear Sway Bar---
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 06:11:51 -0700
...They are similar to Addco heres link: http://www.p-s-t.com/swaytv.html#VOLKSWAGON Phil --- "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> wrote: > I...
Re: ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:32:00 -0700
...http://www.t3technique.com/ > new-stuff/anti-roll-bar-(front)/ You'll be happy you did! And, yes, > sway bars link the two sides...
Re: Front end ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 12 May 2007 17:02:09 -0400
...sway-bars on the list a few months ago(6-8). The thread was >rather short-lived, but a couple very good links were...
Re: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar)
Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
Sun, 2 May 1999 21:25:43 -0600
I posted the unqualified name in the link to the scan of my welded-bolt droplink. The link should be http://coyote.colorado.edu...
Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:05:42 +0000
...What is broken on my car is the drop link, not the anti-sway >> > bar. I need a passenger side drop link only. For...
Re: Steering "clunk" noise solved??
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:38:51 -0800
Thankfully my link/sway bar parts are relatively new. Hopefully I've actually eliminated the clunk. But hey. Just noticed that my steering rack...
Re: rear anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:37 -0800
...The ride is firm but very > comfortable. > > When I installed my rear sway bar I used a shorter link so the rear end of...
Re: rear anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:21 -0500
...When I installed my rear sway bar I used a shorter link so the rear end of the bar doesn't hang down so...
Re: ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:28:01 -0700
...http://www.t3technique.com/new-stuff/anti-roll-bar-(front)/ You'll be happy you did! And, yes, sway bars link the two sides...
Re: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar)
Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
Tue, 4 May 1999 16:59:02 -0600
...droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar) >>> >>>I posted the unqualified name in the link to the scan of >>>my welded-bolt droplink. The...
Syncro Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - Oliver Gruber
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:21:04 -0400
...set of end links that they want to get rid of? I will need the complete assembly minus the sway bar itself (I think...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Skip
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:58:20 +0000
...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success The washers are upside down, the cup should face away from the rubber. Hard to...
Re: Anybody using after mkt front && rear anti sway bars ??
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:43:27 -0800
...links: http://www.addco.net/ OR http://www.addco.net/Toyota-Yugo_AntiSwaybars.htm#Volkswagen I have also used Sway-A-Way's bars...
Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:07:41 +0000
...What is broken on my car is the drop link, not the >>> anti-sway >>> > bar. I need a passenger side drop link only. For...
Re: squeaky front end
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:20:43 -0400
...If not, go squirt the outter sway bar bushing where the end link is.It is a circular bushing. Upper control arm bushings may...
Anti Sway bar chatter returned but likely problem found
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:12:39 -0400
...The shims in the anti sway bar seemed to help but the groaning continued. Chris at T# kindly reached out to me and will...
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...
Sway Bars Pics are now on the Web...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Wed, 26 May 2004 15:43:04 -0700
I put up a small web page for those that want to go to the following link to view the pictures. http://members.cox...
Re: Sway Bars Pics are now on the Web...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Wed, 26 May 2004 15:48:44 -0700
I put up a small web page for those that want to go to the following link to view the pictures. http://members.cox...
Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:14:19 -0700
Heres a company that sells "G-max" front and rear sway bars for $119.....thats cheap! They come with rubber bushings. urethane bushings are...
Need '84 Front Anti-Sway Bar?
Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:11:53 -0400
...I happened to be looking underneath my bus today after a trip, and lo and behold my right side front sta-bar end link...
Re: brake pressure switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 02:50:31 -0500
...know what sway bars and drop downs are interchangeable >yrs ? 1980 is what I need . Bar is the same all years. Link changes from...
Front end creeping resolved
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 22 May 2022 16:53:10 -0400
...I sprayed the area where the Anti sway bar and the links come together. It improved. I sprayed again and it completely went away...
Re: Has anyone added a rear swaybar to their westy?
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:55:38 -0600
...Has anyone added a rear swaybar to their westy? What is a sway bar? Do you have a photo of one? William ----- Original Message...
no sway bar = no improvement
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:56:12 -0500
So, without the the stabilizer bar and associated links, my problem is exactly the same---popping/knocking noises coming from the front end, especially...
WTB Needed Front suspension Part for early 85 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:28:36 -0400
...This is the piece that connects the stabilizer bar to the strut bar. more or less a sway bar link. I could also use...
Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
Historical mailing list - Randy A. Bergum
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:48:46 -0700
...Benefits of a rear sway bar? > > Heres a company that sells "G-max" front and rear sway > bars for $119.....thats cheap! They come...
Re: Sway bar links breaking.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 6 Jul 94 12:07:07 CDT
...Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who has problems with his (anti-)sway bar linkages. The bolt on my right...
Re: Anti-Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:29:14 -0700
...It looks like a u-joint next to the power steering rack is >> scraping on the anti-sway bar. Can the anti-sway bar...
Re: Sway bar connection link - where to find one?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:19:51 -0700
...Sway bar connection link - where to find one? > At 07:32 PM 7/29/2008, Jeannine Goren wrote... >>I'm wondering if anyone knows...
Re: sway bar?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 May 1995 11:54:35 -0700
...had anti-sway bars on both the elder bus and '71 and they're helpful but not earthshaking. Having proper link pins, king pins...
Sway Bars.., Passing Mac's in the Wind
Historical mailing list - Mark C
Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:22:23 -0800
I'm thinking of adding sway bars.., saw some colored blue..., from a vendor (trying to recall who that was...) These should really help...
Re: Sway bar connection link - where to find one?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:12:47 EDT
...Remove the entire sway bar with the broken drop link still on it. Take to a machine shop and have them weld on new...
Re: Vanagon Sway Bars - PST
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:02:04 -0400
...truck/ordform.html> > ------------------------------ > High Performance Sway Bar Kit Front or Rear $179 Includes POLYGRAPHITE(r) > Bushings and Link Kits <http://www.p-s-t...
Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:17:41 EDT
...AADCO makes aftermarket bars for these beasts. (I think that's how it's spelled.) I have links for them in my webpage but...
Syncro body work & end bar sway links
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:59:55 -0700
...note, does anyone have a Syncro passenger (right) side end bar sway link for sale out there?* http://picasaweb.google.ca/Beeceetee/BodyWork# I...
Re: T3 Anti sway bar
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:09:44 -0600
...suggested I look into the T3 Anti sway bar. >> >> Dennis installed this along with the links and Along with the other suspension upgrades and...
Re: T3 Anti sway bar
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:53:15 -0600
...suggested I look into the T3 Anti sway bar. >> >> Dennis installed this along with the links and Along with the other suspension upgrades and...
Re: ADDCO Rear Swaybar
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:30:03 -0700
Did you use the big Addco bolts that attatch the front swaybar to the end-links? Mine have never fit right......just too much...
Re: brake pressure switch
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:52:56 -0800
For point of reference, image showing 1990 or 91 bar and links on my 1981 Westy: https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/SwayBarDropLinkTool.jpg...
Re: Is there anybody out there?
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Fri, 9 Feb 2018 19:07:58 -0600
Yes! Saving for the HD end links for my HD sway bar On Feb 9, 2018 7:04 PM, "Christopher Schimke" <christopher@t3technique.com...
Re: Vanagon Sway Bars - PST
Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
Thu, 31 May 2007 22:10:18 -0700
...truck/ordform.html> ------------------------------ High Performance Sway Bar Kit Front or Rear $179 Includes POLYGRAPHITE(r) Bushings and Link Kits <http://www.p-s-t...
Vanagon Sway Bars - pics
Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:21:41 -0700
Here's a quick compilation of pics from my F/R addco sway bar install. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xts9cjn.4h0sob1n...
Re: '84 anti-sway now radius rod arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Skip
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:55:13 +0000
...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success A photo of my radius rod arm/strut bar bushings at the chassis. http://images...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
Fri, 17 May 2002 22:47:37 -0700
...Many companies make anti-sway bars for 4x4 vehicles with quick-dissconnect link ends, so off-roaders can enjoy the best of both worlds...
T3 Anti sway bar
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:18:10 -0400
...suggested I look into the T3 Anti sway bar. Dennis installed this along with the links and Along with the other suspension upgrades and...
Re: ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:06:38 -0700
...http://www.t3technique.com/new-stuff/anti-roll-bar-(front)/ You'll be happy you did! And, yes, sway bars link the two sides...