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• New sway bar end/drop links and mod
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:48:15 -0700
  I made new sway bar drop links and I modified my sway bar to make install a little easier. I know. I'm going...
• Re: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:05 -0500
  Since sway bars are the topic.Be aware that the early ,thicker sway bar can be substituted for the thinner later sway bar with...
• sway bar drop link repair info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:35:24 -0700
  I've posted some info on one of my syncro repair projects, "re- furbing" the sway bar drop links. Before anyone pipes up, yes...
• Re: Sway bar link?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:24:19 -0700
  ...Sway bar link? Anyone parting out a front suspension? I'm in need of an '80-early '85 sway bar link (251 411 051...
• Re: Syncro Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:33:48 -0400
  ...Syncro Sway Bar > > Has anyone ever heard of a reason to remove the sway > bar? Better off road maybe? Well, the sway bar links...
• Re: Syncro Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:39:20 -0700
  > > Has anyone ever heard of a reason to remove the sway > bar? Better off road maybe? Well, the sway bar links the left to...
• Sway bar link?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:48:11 -0400
  Anyone parting out a front suspension? I'm in need of an '80-early '85 sway bar link (251 411 051) and the washers...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:40:07 -0500
  ...Looks like only inner and outter bushings need changing along with the new sway bar.The straight end links are used with the early...
• need sway bar end link syncrp
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:05:02 -0800
  i have a busted sway bar end link. anybody have a good used one for sale? needs to be the straight variety. matt "may...
• WTB: Sway bar links "84
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sat, 29 May 2004 09:31:09 EDT
  I am in need of either complete sway bar assembly or links for an "84. both are broken on a friends '84. thanks for...
• Bone yards near upstate NY? Need sway bar ('82 vanagon).
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 96 18:37:52 EDT
  The front sway bar on my '82 Westy is broken. The link next to the passenger side wheel snapped next to where it bolts...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine that has a broken ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:52:45 -0500
  ...The late vanagon end links are called straight end links.They are regular steel. You can use a sway bar from a post 85...
• 88 sway bar on a 1984.
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:04:52 EDT
  hey parts experts!!!! can I fit an 88 sway bar and links onto a 1984 gl no P/S/ thanks in advance.. CHris
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:01:25 -0800
  ...need changing along with the new > sway bar.The straight end links are used with the early bar in this 85. > > I dont see...
• Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:03:00 -0700
  https://www.vanagain.com/shop/sway-bar-drop-link-for-80-85-vanagon-curved (replace both sides and use new bushings. Best not to...
• Re: rear anti-sway bar - Info and Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:13:09 -0400
  ...The end links are different, however. Addco makes 1" (25.4mm) front sway bars and 7/8" (22.2mm) rear sway bars for Vanagons...
• swaybar link needed
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:14:47 -0700
  does anyone have a good used left side sway bar link for an 82' Vanagon for sale? Shaggy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free...
• Sway bar link breakage - are you at risk?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:26:11 -0700
  ...I took a good look at the front suspension, the good link along with its sleeve and here are my thoughts: The sway bar...
• 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: vanagon rear sway bars..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:42:46 +0000
  Check out the following link for addco sway bars http://www.addco.net/Toyota-Yugo_AntiSwaybars.htm#Volkswagen 1" in front, 0.875" in...
• Re: Sway bar connection link - where to find one?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:58:41 -0600
  ...The sway bar and drop links are fine though if you want them. Have still not been able to take picsl............. Gracias, Miguel
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:55:55 -0500
  ...than the straight link.Because of this, the early end link has a dog leg to reach the sway bar end. From where it...
• SWAY BAR DISCONNECTS.....GREAT FOR SYNCROS!
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:08:43 -0500
  Have you guys seen the new sway bars that have pins so that you can reach in and actually disconnect the link from the...
• 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...
• 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 was going to go ahead and remove my sway > bar and stabilizer links and drive around the block tomorrow, to check > if my...
• Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:40:32 -0800
  I have heard it is possible to swap the later, straight style sway bar end links (popsicle sticks?) onto an early van ('82) that...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:40:38 -0700
  ...heavy duty drop links. > These are much easier to install, also, the Sway bar end bushings and the lower drop link bushings are eliminated...
• Help The List!!!!! Who can find out the part #'s and availability for the rear links for the rear swaybar
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:04:00 -0400
  ...1x 251 411 025 C for the bar itself, 2x 253 511 049 for the linking bars between the sway-bar and the trailing...
• Re: rear anti-sway bar - Info and Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:14 -0700
  ...The end links are > different, however. > > Addco makes 1" (25.4mm) front sway bars and 7/8" (22.2mm) rear sway bars > for > Vanagons...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Nov 2016 04:12:26 -0800
  ...in the process of replacing the followings after replacing the ones on Oliver's list: - Sway bushings - Sway bar end bushings - Drop link bushings
• PST FRONT SWAY BAR--Picture of the installation
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sat, 25 May 2002 15:25:14 -0700
  ...link bushing. Overall I really like this sway bar...even though i had to drill out 3/4" inch holes into the swaybar's...
• Re: Sway bar connection popping out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:11:54 -0700
  ...Sway bar connection link - where to find one? > > >> In a message dated 29/07/2008 10:11:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, >> LISTSERV...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:30:19 -0400
  ...I believe the ambulance model came with the rear sway bar shown in the link below. The part number for this rear bar is...
• stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:09:09 -0500
  ...I would suspect thatimproper motion in these > components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two > inner sway bar bushings loose...
• 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...
• Re: Sway bar connection popping out
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:32:06 -0600
  ...Sway bar connection link - where to find one? > In a message dated 29/07/2008 10:11:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, > LISTSERV...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:49:23 -0700
  >I thought I read on the list several months ago that the front and >rear sway bars have the same VW part number. If...
• Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:47:59 -0400
  >The *bar* may indeed have the same p/n, but aren't there links that >connect the bar to the suspension? These, I believe...
• Why would a brand new sway bar drop link break?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:06:25 -0400
  ...The customer had a new drop link that he supplied for the front sway bar since one side had snapped. I installed it with...
• 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...
• sway bar drop link bushing question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:01:15 -0700
  Hi, I'm working on the sway bar of my "new" '86 syncro (7 passenger). One of the drop links had broken at the...
• '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 04:03:24 +0000
  http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/901951.jpg Finally succeeded in getting the nut on the anti-sway bar down-link threads. After...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:12:35 -0800
  ...heard it is possible to swap the later, straight style sway bar end > links > (popsicle sticks?) onto an early van ('82) that came with...
• Re: Why would a brand new sway bar drop link break?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:14:38 -0500
  ...The customer had a new drop link that he supplied > for the front sway bar since one side had snapped. I installed it with...
• 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...
• Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:32:43 +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: Bone yards near upstate NY? Need sway bar ('82 vanagon).
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 19:03:33 EST
  ...The link will come off with soapy water -- just pull it over the knob on the end of the sway bar. See the archives...
• sway bars.......will the front setup fit on the rear
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:15:37 -0500
  I know that the front sway bar itself is the same part number as the rear.....however how about the hardware....the bushings and...
• ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:06:38 +0000
  I've pulled together most everything I will need to replace my broken sway bar downlink except for the two cupped large steel washers...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:10:41 +0000
  ...The sway bar and down-link is not a kit. I just got them sandblasted and I painted (etched primed, primed, painted) them in...
• Stabilizer Link Bushings ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 12 May 1998 10:05:47 -0700
  I'm about to replace the stabilizer (sway bar) link bushings on my 86' Westy. It looks rather straightforward. But ... Does anyone know if...
• Rear Sway bar hardware.........anyone installed a factory rear ba r...I am looking for mounting hardware....links
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:13:03 -0500
  The bar is the same as the front....you just need to find out what links will work......anyone know where to get these...
• Re: vanagon rear sway bars..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:03:37 +1300
  >Check out the following link for addco sway bars > >http://www.addco.net/Toyota-Yugo_AntiSwaybars.htm#Volkswagen > >1" in front, 0.875" in...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:04:59 -0700
  ...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: '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...
• Sway bar connection link - where to find one?
  Historical mailing list - Jeannine Goren
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:32:10 +0000
  Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows where to find a sway bar connection link. We have an '84 Vanagon. I've called around...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:17:09 -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: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:14:27 +0200
  ...1x 251 411 025 C for the bar itself, 2x 253 511 049 for the linking bars between the sway-bar and the trailer...
• Re: Sway bar link breakage - are you at risk?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:43:13 -0700
  ...I took a good look at the front suspension, the good link along with its sleeve and here are my thoughts: The sway bar...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:10:54 -0400
  ...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success A photo of my radius rod arm/strut bar bushings at the chassis. http://images...