Originally Posted by
mohammad
I was wondering why they use the spring holder for these sway bars instead of trying to use the bolt that holds in the strut. The strut bolt may let you run a sway bar that is parallel to the torsion beam and be further from the point of pivot so it may be stiffer i guess? just throwing ideas out there
I assume most aftermartket rear sway bars designed for trailing axles bolt to the lower spring perch/mount just to keep it simple. There's only the two mount points that way. The way I want to try is like you described. I want to use a conventional sway bar that would mount to the trailing axle beam at two points and have the end links of the bar mount to the lower shock bolts. I can figure out the end link part pretty easily. The part I'm stuck on is how to mount the bar to the axle tube itself. There's probably a simple way that I'm not seeing....The bar I'm trying to use has to mount to the axle just like this one Attachment 23189
My first thought was just use a couple u-bolts but when you tighten them you'd crush/crumple the axle, it's pretty tinny.
I might end up trying a different bar that I can just mount to the bottom of the axle instead and just use some u-bolts to mount it. If mounted this way the axle wouldn't be kinked by u-bolts.
I'm just trying to keep it as simple, easy, cheap and strongish using easy to find off the shelf or wrecker parts.
I'm tired of getting blown around on windy days and having minivans look less dramatic while taking cloverleaf on/off ramps or traffic circles. I can't go fast in a straight line so might as well try to enjoy taking corners, besides less slowing down and speeding up = better mpg...or something.
Last edited by Fummins; 04-07-2022 at 03:23 PM.
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