Sway Bar Fitting |
|
| Background | |
| One of the issues of buying what amounts to a “mass-production” race car is that a problem (“opportunity”) that occurs in a single unit, will appear in many units before (if) the problem is resolved. Such is the case with the rear sway bar mounts. Most cars I’m familiar with, have a differently shaped right rear sway bar mount bracket than the left. While this in-and-of itself is no big deal, the relationship of the bracket with the sway bar arm is. | |
| The “Opportunity” | |
The sway bar must be free to move when the
wheels (and upper control arms) move. The situation here is that in many cars, the
right rear sway bar arm hits the right rear mounting bracket under hard right turns.
If you look closely at the rear sway bar mounts, you may see that shape of the  left
bracket differs from the right bracket....in the area where the sway bar arm moves.
See the picture at right:If the sway bar has been hitting, you will see the right “ear” of the mounting bracket bent down. Regardless, it makes good sense to provide sufficient clearance for the sway bar to move. This is simply a matter of opening up the “notch” in the sway bar bracket to allow the sway bar to swing fully. To test, disconnect the sway bar from the upper control arms and move the sway bar through its travel. |
|
Rev. 5/9/98 |
|
