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Date:         Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:07:23 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: General Sway bar question
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At 04:41 PM 2/19/2001, Cory Zumbrennen wrote:
>There are some swaybars that are hollow, to save weight, and are very
>effective.  None for a Vanagon that I know of, but definately for other


The material in the center is doing little but keeping the outside from
collapsing, so there's a considerable win on weight if you use a tube with
sufficient wall thickness.  Same principle governs I-beams, honeycomb-cored
sheets, balsa-cored GRP boats etc.


david




David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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