Gary,
    I read your post to the list about installing a used front sway bar
onto the rear of your van with interest.  However I don't have the
skills to fabricate the "heavy steel carriers to attach the a/r bar
pivots to the inner control arm mounts" or to shorten the "end links
from the bar to the control arms" as you described.  I'll need to hire
someone to fabricate this mounting hardware.  Any chance you could share
plans or drawings?  I suspect there are also others on the list who
would also be interested in this information.
Tom LaLanne
'86 Subie Westy

Date:    Fri, 31 May 2002 09:12:21 -0400
From:    Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Rear anti-roll bar installed!

A month or more back I saw a post saying that the rear anti-roll bar as
installed on ambulance and
other heavy models was the same part number as the front bar on our
'88.  I got a front bar with
all hardware from a dismantler for $75 with the idea of installing in
the rear.  I fabricated
heavy steel "carriers" to attach the a/r bar pivots to the inner control
arm mounts, shortened the
end links from the bar to the control arms, drilled holes in the control
arms to attach the links
and ta-da, looks like the factory would have done it.

Our '88 has shortened stiffened springs, Konis set to about half firm,
and "performance" alignment
settings (less toe-in more negative camber).  Wow!  I only took a 2 mile
test drive late last
nite, but this thing is going to be fun!  So far there seems to be no
tendancy to break the rear
end loose as a result of too much roll stiffness at the rear, and it
hasn't tried to lift or spin
the inside rear wheel.  You sure can feel the rear now doing it's share
of the work in developing
cornering force.

I'm going to go take the long way to work... more as it develops.

Gary