[DeTomaso] Sway Bar Mounts on A-arms

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/8/10 10:41:49 AM, tborcich at msn.com writes:

> I recall a number of months back someone commented that I should add 
> additional support to the sway bar mounts on the a-arms because theirs pulled 
> right off the arm from loading?
> 
Yes, under some circumstances. If you run a big swaybar bar AND 
polyurethane bar-end bushings AND drive fast on bumpy roads, the poly bushing on the 
end is so non-compliant it flexes the little bar mount rather than deforming 
the poly end. Fatigue-cracking follows after a while. So you can weld up 
mount reinforcements, or (better) you can add sphere-ball ends to the bars and 
use poly only for the centeral bar-pivots. This results in much freer 
antiswaybar action and a lighter more stock suspension. With the sphere-balls 
installed on both ends of both bars, you can actually feel the difference with 
the same bar! Most of the vendors sell some sort of sphere-ball bar ends and 
they are highly recommended. FWIW- J DeRyke