Any idea what the diameter of the anti-sway bar is?

Todd
'88 Westy

Raimund Feussner wrote:

>  The rear bar can be purchased directly from VW..
>
>  The part no.s are:
>
>  1x 251 411 025 C for the bar itself,
>  2x 253 511 049 for the linking bars between the sway-bar and the trailer
>  arms
>  2x 253 511 417  and 2x 253 511 413 to mount the sway bar to the vanagon
>
>  These parts were used for the german ambulance Vanagons. You only have to
>  weld a mounting onto the rear trailer arms, were the 253 511 049 fits into.
>
>  Originally, the ambulance versions used different rear trailer arms, but
>  some people here  in Germany use this stabilizer bar on the
>  "normal-trailer-arm"- Vanagons.
>
>  I would have attached a small GIF, but since all attachments are stripped
> on
>  this list, I will post this pic on www.vwbus-online.de/feussner/stabi.gif
>  Just a moment, please...
>
>  Raimund
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Christopher T. Berchin" <ctb1@PEOPLEPC.COM>
>  To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>  Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 11:02 PM
>  Subject: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
>
> > > Hi everyone.  Just curious - has anyone ever seen a rear anti-sway bar
> > (aka
> > > stabilizer bar) offered for the Vanagon?  There's no evidence of one in
> > > Bentley (I thought maybe later models or other models might have one),
> but
> > I
> > > wonder with all the folks that actually run these things on tracks in
> > Europe
> > > if there just might be a rear anti-sway bar out there.  I'm a nut, I
> know,
> > > but if I could find a rear bar, I'd like to investigate it.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> >