Adjustable Sway Bars -
02-23-2004, 02:17 AM
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You can take a length of safety wire, loop it through the ring and guide it into position behind the tank. Stick your finger through the hole for the sway bar from the wheel well to get hold of it. Release one leg of the safety wire, pull it out of the ring, and use your finger to pull the ring into exact position. You don't need to remove the tank. If you use a stiffer front bar, and track much, the mount will tear the thin pan sheet metal eventually.
02-23-2004, 02:36 AM
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Yeah - now that I have the tank out I can see that it could be done without removing it. I can't see how the "bearing mounts" that go throuhg the fender wells could tear as they are merely pass throughs. Nothing is acting attached to them - the bar just slides in the hole.
02-23-2004, 12:04 PM
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O.K. guys - I have the holes drilled and the bar fits through fine (I am still concerned about clearance with the coil springs) but - and there's always a but - all the damn wiring that runs behind the gas tank is pushing against the bar causing it to bind. I guess once it's in there it should not be an issue as any movement by the bar will be very minor - maybe 1/2 inch side to side?
02-23-2004, 12:10 PM
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The bar should not move side-to-side more than the very, very small amount required to keep the bar from binding. At 1/2 inch of movement, you will hit the coilovers.
02-23-2004, 12:55 PM
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Hey Geoffrey - my bars actually have little locking collars that sit inside the inside mounting collars - this will hold the bars in place laterally. So I am no longer worried about the wires in the trunk - but boy does it look like the clearancewith the gas tank and coil over springs will be tight. What, me worry?
02-23-2004, 09:09 PM
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I guess one way would be to make a bigger hole in the fender and put a rubber bushing there. hat would be an easy fix, but given that no one is doing this I do not think this is a major issue.
02-23-2004, 10:21 PM
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Yeah - the real fix would likely be welding on a large plate to distribute the stress across a greater area.
I just cut off my old sway bar mounts - kind of weird to be doing that to my car - it was so pristine when I got it.
I just cut off my old sway bar mounts - kind of weird to be doing that to my car - it was so pristine when I got it.