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Subject:Re: sway bar bushings
From:dylan friedman
Date:Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:41:27 -0700

Suspension Techniques
I get ones that are as close to the right size and tweek to fit.
About $7 a piece if you buy quanity.

dylan

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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:24:07 PM
Subject: Re: sway bar bushings

then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings.....
if your goal is to have as much anti-roll as you can out of your stock front
anti-sway bar,
and to replace the now-soft and pretty warn original anti-sway bar rubber
bushings.� Urethane bushings,

the red ones ......if you can find them.� That would be the way to go.
If I had handy access to some, and they were not too expensive, I'd make
that a standard replacement item on the vans I refurbish.

adjustable anti-sway bars would be the real right way to go if fitting
aftermarket ones. If anyone makes such a thing.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Lail" <wklail@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 3:08 PM
Subject: sway bar bushings

> I've notices some discussion about sway bars recently.� I assume that
> both the Addco and Empi (and others) will improve handling.� However,
> I wonder how much handling could be improved if we just replaced the
> bushings on the existing front sway bar.� My bushings seem to look
> okay, but they're old and probably worn.� They look to be fairly easy
> to replace.� Has anyone done this, and does it appreciably improve
> handling?
>
> TIA,
>
> Warren in Santa Fe
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"