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• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 19:47:40 EDT
  ...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: sway-bars: why not street legal in CA?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:42:54 -0700
  ...I picked up my new rear EMPI sway bar for the bus and > noticed the warning about using it in California. Apparently, "those in...
• Vanagon Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 31 May 2007 15:11:36 -0600
  Spoke with John at Addco about sway bars for the Vanagon. Below are the part numbers for the records. Bars are about $220 ea...
• Re-Syncro Handling/Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  18 Oct 1994 16:28:12 U
  Re:Syncro Handling/Sway Bars Daniel G. Soiney comments: >in a fast car behind me on a wet cloverleaf-type on ramp and sandbag...
• Re: anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:36:59 -0600
  ...Max At 03:48 PM 3/10/2002 +1200, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >>I need a source for >>addco sway bars. Does anybody have any...
• Re: My Cool Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 12:57:10 -0400 (EDT)
  i want phot copies..... email me at jandrus@abacus.bates.edu _please_, i'll send you some cash for the copies and postage...
• It's like a different bus. (new tires)
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:26:20 -0500
  Bus Depot, Hankook 195's. Much better. No swaying in the wind. Steering, turning much easier. Very stiff side walls. John.
• Re: da'lan hitch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:49:08 -0400
  ...on the ground (and in the process, improve braking and reduce sway.) You don't see them too often on anything but travel trailers...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:15:42 -0700
  ...Benefits of a rear sway bar? > Please, folks, the Vanagon, as with ALL of VW's light vans (ie not > the LT) *IS* a...
• 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: 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: '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: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 1 May 1999 09:58:02 -0600
  As other listees have noted, the Vanagon indeed has a front anti-sway bar. These things are also variously called anti-roll bars and...
• Re: Will nonpower-steer swaybars & hubs fit power-steer stubs?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:26:05 +1300
  ...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: anti-sway bar (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jack
  Sun, 19 May 2002 00:40:49 +1000
  John, A diff lock goes a long way to eliminating the shortcomings of a sway bar off road. Basically, by locking the diff you...
• Re: Tires again
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 23:33:14 -0700
  ...They all are regulated down to the very millimeter in every aspect except....sway bar settings, ride height (limited to a few millimeters allowed...
• Re: Westy anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:35:15 -0700
  Actually, if you are off-roading there IS a way to disconnect the rear Sway bars (where they attach to the A-arm thingie...
• Re: Sway bar link breakage - are you at risk?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:43:13 -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...
• Ultimate F+R Sway-Bar Test in 40MPH crosswinds
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:24:59 -0800
  Sunday I got a rare opportunity to test my westy's front and rear PST brand sway bars on the dreaded I-4 Highway...
• Clutch/Shock correlation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I removed the HD sway-bars from the whacked car also. Much to my amazement the clutch shudder that I had in the whacked...
• Re: anti-sway bar (longish)
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Sat, 18 May 2002 22:05:30 -0700
  ...anti-sway bar (longish) > John, > > A diff lock goes a long way to eliminating the shortcomings of a sway bar > off road. Basically, by...
• ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:18:07 +0000
  ...The anti-sway bar on the passenger side doesn't reach to the bushing. In fact it is broken off about three inches above...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamedAddco...)
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 26 May 2004 09:47:16 -0700
  ...Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamedAddco...) > > Not to defend Addco or PST, but you are suppose to use your...
• Re: control arm bushings got the squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:00:12 -0600
  ...The sway bar diameter can be one of two sizes that I can't remember. I replaced all of the parts on mine in...
• Rear Sway
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 10 May 1997 20:46:35 -0400
  ...When driving in a straight line, especially with an unpredictable cross wind, the back sways from side to side. Not a lot, just enough...
• Sway bar bushings-Poor shape..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:45:37 -0700
  As I spelunked around under my van looking at stuff, I noticed my front sway bar drop link bushings were very sloppy. I saw...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:32:58 -0600
  ...only the front sway bar you will get massive under steer. > You need to replace both the front and rear sway bars together for...
• 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...
• Tire pressure '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Art
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:44:36 -0400
  ...Behind a big truck, I get significant sway/shake in the front from right to left and left to right. You can feel it...
• 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...
• T3 Anti sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:18:10 -0400
  Hi list, I wanted to toss out a thanks to Stuart McMillan, list member who first suggested I look into the T3 Anti sway...
• Re: Speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 18:01:05 CDT
  ...nut from bracket <looks to be just in front of the sway bar> - remove circlip from speedometer cable <on the grease/dust cap, on...
• 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: Are Sway-bars all the same?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:08:48 -0400
  ...Are Sway-bars all the same? Hi All! Being the cheap farrgin' bastidge icehole that I am, I went and bought a set of...
• Re: poor cornering - too much sway (tire update)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:26:37 -0700
  ...Inflate all four tires to Max PSI and see if the sway lessens. If it does, then the tires are suspect. Or install 4...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:08:23 +1200
  When you add a rear anti-sway bar, you are moving the "roll >couple" or roll resistance more to the rear of the vehicle...
• 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: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:07:49 -0700
  I thought if it was a rear tire that the rear of the car would sway back and forth and the front would thump...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 09:35:24 -0500
  ...Granted, adding a rear anti-sway bar will reduce understeer, but not to the extreme you have indicated. Chris, '85 Westy
• Re: [F] EV GT?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:25:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...front and rear, Penske adjustable shocks, 1.25" front swaybar (adjustable), 1.5" rear swaybar Body - roof chopped and lowered 2" from stock MV...
• sway-bars: why not street legal in CA?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 22:41:13 -0800
  ...I picked up my new rear EMPI sway bar for the bus and noticed the warning about using it in California. Apparently, "those in...
• Re: Alko Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:20:17 -0500
  ...Based on that experience I'd go with the milder shocks and invest in a rear anti-sway bar. Chris S. '85 Wolfsburg Westy...
• Re: sway bar size bigger on Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Mon, 13 May 2002 06:53:29 -0400
  Oh, and unlike my post about the different sta-bar designs, your 85 and 86 should both use the same endlinks, etc., so your...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 25 May 2004 21:08:50 -0700
  So INYHO, the Addco front bar adds an even greater measure of control than with just the rear bar alone? Robert K 1982 Westfalia...
• Re: To Buy or Not to Buy?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Oct 94 11:21:43 MDT
  ...If the brakes are mushy, there's a problem. > > > > 7) Steering has a bit of play and the "sway factor" seemed high. Could > > this...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:08:05 EST
  In my experience the rear bar is great for the highway but poor for logging roads or uneven, pot holed roads. If most or...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:50:12 -0800
  Hiya! I posted the bars that aircooled.net has for sale a couple weeks back. I'd take a look at them as they...
• Last Syncro Droplink in Country FS
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:11:44 -0500
  Dear List, I ordered a right side syncro Vanagon Droplink for the front sway bar for a customer like a month and a half...
• Re: poor cornering - too much sway (tire update)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:24:10 +1200
  ...the front swaybar controls it. Adding a rear swaybar balances things out (so long as it's matched to the front bar!) by reducing...
• '87 mods???
  Historical mailing list - Perry Patterson
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 23:51:52 -0800 (PST)
  ...Anyone have any suggestions on shocks, sway bars, even whole handling kits, wheel and wider tire combos. I've read all the tire info...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:21:30 -0600
  ...Installing a rear anti-sway bar will, however, make your vehicle more prone to oversteer, although not as severe as the Porsche 911. Providing...
• 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 The mounts look like they are shot. You will be surprised at the shape difference...
• 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...
• Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 01:33:08 -0700
  Anyone who has one installed give me some feedback on this, does it help to keep the rear wheels planted when cornering hard? Where...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:55:41 -0700
  ...anti-sway bar ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: FGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUFPEG >I think that you can only gain by adding a anti-sway bar. Except if wheel articulation...
• 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: 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...
• anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:04:21 -0500
  Volks, OK, showing my ignorance here.....some time back, somebody talked about adding an anti-sway bar to their Westy to stop the body...
• Re: New springs on my 1989 Vanagon with shims for the lefty camper sway
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:04:04 -0800
  I really do not know anything about sway bars and I'm discovering every day how little I still know about Vanagons but my...