[DeTomaso] Sway Bar Mounts on A-arms

[boyd casey]

I was discussing my suspension modifications and build today with a friend
of mine from my car club who is an expert at race car building and set up
and I mentioned my desire to install 1" sway bars and heim joints. I was
told that this would be ideal for the race track but could cause serious
problems if used on the street and one were to encounter fough road
conditions. I was told that this set up while being very efficent at
preventing body roll , but when one encounters rough or uneven road surfaces
the sway bar with heim ball ends it would be very unforgiving in transfering
force from on side of the car to the other  and could result in putting the
car and driver in a very difficult position if either encountered poor road
conditions. He suggested I retain the conventional rubber bushings for the
sway bar.
Boyd

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:29 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> 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
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