>>>From COPIRO@whsd.k12.pa.us Tue May  4 12:54 MDT 1999
>>>From: ROBERT A COPICH <COPIRO@whsd.k12.pa.us>
>>>To: "'Richard A. Jones '" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
>>>Subject: RE: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar)
>>>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:54:43 -0400
>>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>>
>>>
>>>Richard, if you have a minute....How did you get that part off the sway bar?
>>>How do you get it back on???  Any help would be appreciated
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Richard A. Jones
>>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>Sent: 5/2/99 11:25 PM
>>>Subject: Re: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar)
>>>
>>>I posted the unqualified name in the link to the scan of
>>>my welded-bolt droplink.  The link should be
>>>        http://coyote.colorado.edu/jones/droplink.jpg
>>>
>>>Sorry for this confusion.
>>>
>>>                                Richard A. Jones
>>>                                Boulder

When the droplink breaks at the step where the machining ends--and
that's where it always breaks--or my four did--then it is easy to
lube up the bushing with some silicon spray and work it off the end
of the stabilizer bar.

I haven't dealt with getting a whole droplink installed--I let my
mechanic do that!  However, for the one pictured (or really its
twin, since I had two made up together, preparing for the other
side), the report was that it was a bear to assemble, since it is
slightly longer than the original.  So flexing the stabilizer bar
up or the wheel down to get the threaded end inserted was hard.
I would advise that the bolt be cut so the droplink ends up the
same dimension as an original.

Hope this helps,
                                        Richard A. Jones
                                        Boulder