

| 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 > > > > > ________________________________ > 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" > > -- Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009 Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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