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driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:04:09 -0500
To try to isolate my problem, I was going to go ahead and remove my sway bar and stabilizer links and drive around the...
Re: Anti-Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:28:24 -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...
FRONT SWAY BAR---Connecting link bushings....NAPA alternative?
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Sat, 25 May 2002 10:35:46 -0700
I just began installing a Front "PST" brand sway bar. I need to find new bushings for the VW-OEM connecting links, ya know...
Rear anti sway bar on a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:26:51 -0700
I dunno if anyone has done this but is it possible to put a sway bar on the rear of a vanagon? I know...
Re: My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:23:24 EST
I am only reporting what I have read and heard about changing the suspension setup to increase the performance of suspensions. The key is...
Sway bar fixing. Was: A sharp metallic SNAP...
Historical mailing list
Fri, 9 May 97 17:37:45 EDT
...I'm guessing the thing it attaches to at the top is a sway >bar, and who knows what the thing at the bottom...
Syncro Front Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - rdgabert
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:12:40 -0700
Hello Everybody, I am converting my Doka to a Syncro and am re-installing the front sway bar. It can be installed two ways...
Re: SWAY BARS
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Apr 95 16:54 CDT
...Thanks > A sway bar is a torsion bar like rod that attaches the left and right suspension arms together. The idea is that when...
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...
Update on Anti Sway bar T3. Rattle solved
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:50:31 -0400
...He had found some 1/8 inch steel the correct size for a shim for the T3 Anti sway bar. We loosened the bolts...
Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine that has a broken ...
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:24:37 EST
...I suffered the same fate and was able to just replace the broken end link--this instead of replacing the whole swaybar assembly. Pretty...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
Fri, 17 May 2002 22:47:37 -0700
It s commonplace for off-roaders to dissconnect their anti-swaybars to give them more articulation between the wheels on the same axle. Remember...
Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:49:50 EDT
...I would try the larger sway bar to see its effect. I rebuilt the front suspension and added a 1" front sway bar. I...
Re: <VV> Re: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question
Historical mailing list - Dr. Robert Hill
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:48:11 -0600
...Sunday, February 18, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question > In some of the books on my shelf and I think...
PST FRONT SWAY BAR--Picture of the installation
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Sat, 25 May 2002 15:25:14 -0700
...Overall I really like this sway bar...even though i had to drill out 3/4" inch holes into the swaybar's ends in...
Will someone please post this to the main vanagon
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:10:08 -0800
...In the past, someone > apparently fitted a late-model > (post-84) sway bar, but retained the original > stabilizer links. In this > application, the swaybar...
Vanagon Handling, sway bars & where to get them
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:11:22 -0700
Robert Lilley says it all: >Conclusion: >Want to improve the handling and do not want a lower ride, then add front and >rear sway...
Re: Have several 84 buses, on seems to sway more in wind. MUST BE SOLVED.
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:38:48 -0600
...is a worn part that lets the front in sway what is it? The sway bar and arms & are there. I've changed the...
Re: shocks
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:15:11 EST
<<<If you cant find a stiffer bar>>> Per, I did find a stiffer sway bar: http://www.p-s-t.com/swaytv.html#VOLKSWAGON...
Re: Will nonpower-steer swaybars & hubs fit power-steer stubs?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:48:05 +1300
>there will be no problem with the brakes and the swaybar with the >power-steer stubs. The mounting points are the same on the...
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: ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:06:38 -0700
...ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy Hi Stuart and others, Can you tell me a little more how this addition, anti sway...
Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:14:18 -0500
...Even more prevelent on >the >late model Bay Window Busses equipt with 7/8in sway bars front and rear. >Also >One Hell Of A...
Re: Rear Sway Bar---
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:14:20 +1200
>I need some info rapidly--- > >Have any of you purchased a rear sway bar for a GL or Westy? > >What did you pay for...
Re: Control Arm Bushings (do I need to WELD?)
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:41:12 -0400
Spray some of that snake oil on the sway bushings( inner and outter). This will usually un squeeks the control arm bushings, but it...
Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:40:07 -0500
The late 85 uses the early sway bar with the late cast iorn suspension. Looks like only inner and outter bushings need changing along...
Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Tue, 25 May 2004 21:44:39 -0400
I bought my front sway bar stock number AD719 which is a 1" front Addco Sway Bar for $178 in Dec 2002. I have...
Re: Addco sway bar installation -- thank you!
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:15:41 -0500
>I did the front sway bar this afternoon. I'd just like to thank whatever >oddball figured out that sex loob was the ideal...
Re: squeaky front end
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:20:43 -0400
A very common area for squeeks is the inner sway bar bushing. It is ez to reach.It is the block of rubber where...
Re: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question
Historical mailing list - Doug Pewterbaugh
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:37:29 -0600
...Monday, February 19, 2001 1:31 AM Subject: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question > In some of the books on my shelf and I think...
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: poor cornering - too much sway (tire update)
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:25:31 -0600
This is your tire at tirerack.com It would appear the tire is more the culprit to your sway. 215/70-15 97S SL...
Re: What is the best trailer hitch? Anyone have any experiencewithFast Forw...
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:39:59 -0500
...But mine doesn't swing and sway, because I secure the bike rack when loaded, to the bottom of the bumper, with Ancra tie...
Re: Greaseable Sway bar Bushing Brand and part number...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Thu, 27 May 2004 22:34:32 -0700
...Greaseable Sway bar Bushing Brand and part number... Energy Suspension www.energysespension.com 25 mm 9.5161 1" front 22 mm 9.5158 7...
Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:48:00 EDT
...I thought my springs were worn out and the slow righting after a curve with a passenger and the sway of the van in...
Experience with sway bars
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:04:26 -0700
...I had front and rear Addco sway bars on my '68 Westy that I converted to a high top, and boy, they really made...
Broken anti-sway bar, anti-roll bar, stablizer bar
Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
Sat, 1 May 1999 22:52:52 -0700
I was in slight error about my broken anti-sway bar. It was the drop link that was sheared at the attachment on the...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 16 May 2002 23:33:29 -0700
...anti-sway bar >I have been advised by the list that I should be careful on ice >since I installed the Addco sway bar...
Sway bar link breakage - are you at risk?
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:26:11 -0700
No, this is not a lecture about VD, boys and girls. ;-) I replaced the sway bar on the front of Hershey due to a...
Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:40:38 -0700
...Patrick Seurynck <climb12@gmail.com> wrote: > > I put a T3 Techniques sway bar in my 84 Westy, 2wd, and it is well worth the...
Re: Anti-Sway Bar
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:34:43 -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: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:00:08 -0800
...I would suspect thatimproper motion in these > >> components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two > >> inner sway bar bushings loose...
Re: model year differences?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:29:12 -0500
...However,the early sway bar(21mm verses the 19mm)is still used in this late 85 vanagon.The early sway bar can be used...
Re: Vanagon Sway Bars - PST
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:02:04 -0400
...Did you use the front sway bar in addition to the factory, or as a replacement? Sudhir On 6/1/07, Ryan Alfonso <vangina...
Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:55:55 -0500
...The actual diameter of the large hole ,on the links , are the same.The rubber bushings have different size openings for the swaybar.
Re: Spring advice
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:18:46 -0500
...1.5" is > a lot. > > Can't comment on the swaybar, but I did recently replace my worn and > incorrect sway bar bushings with...
Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:43:24 EST
...Even more prevelent on the late model Bay Window Busses equipt with 7/8in sway bars front and rear. Also One Hell Of A...
Re: Lowering '85 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Robet Lilley
Sat, 8 May 2004 13:23:07 -0700
Get the Boge performance springs and add heavier front and rear sway bars. Stick with hydraulic shocks. Gas shocks with the performance springs will...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:39:41 -0400
...I think it stiffens the >frame of the vehicle and adds lateral rigidity to the suspension thereby >keeping the van from swaying as much...
Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:58:04 -0400
If you replace only the front sway bar you will get massive under steer. You need to replace both the front and rear sway...
Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:31:37 -0400
...Thicker anti-sway bar > > If you replace only the front sway bar you will get massive under steer. > You need to replace both the...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Skip
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:48:16 +0000
...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success I checked the Bentley. Page 40.2. They go out of their way to point...
Re: anti roll bars
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:48:40 +1200
>I need a source for >addco sway bars. Does anybody have any experience with the 7/8" sway bars >sold by J. C. Whitney...
Re: poor cornering - too much sway
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:28:26 -0400
...In short, it might be your springs, not just the shocks that are your swaying culprit. PS. On Sunday did you talk normally all...
Re: Will nonpower-steer swaybars & hubs fit power-steer stubs?
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:49:53 -0600
...Grebneff ><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote: > > >>I have Whiteline swaybars and have ordered Porsche brake conversion >>kit for my 84 with no...
Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:12:35 -0800
...have heard it is possible to swap the later, straight style sway bar end > links > (popsicle sticks?) onto an early van ('82) that came...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:17:09 -0800
Is it me or is there a bolt missing on the red bushing bracket to the chassis.... � Is that swaybar and link kit something...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:26:49 -0500
...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success Is it me or is there a bolt missing on the red bushing bracket to...
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: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 06:13:27 -0700
...Rear anti-sway bar: I installed one on my 85 westy 6 years ago that I ordered from JC Whitney. It was on sale...