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Subject:Re: sway bar bushings
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:22:58 -0700

Hey Dylan, what do you mean by 'quantity'?

Would you be willing to sell me a set for the front of Dixie?

Thanks, Jake

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:41 PM, dylan friedman <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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"
>
>

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Beverley Anne de Villiers   April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009

Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

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