Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:10:08 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Will someone please post this to the main vanagon
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DARWIN7217@AOL.COM
--- DARWIN7217@AOL.COM wrote:
> Will someone please post this to the main vanagon
> list as well.
>
> I have an 82 van with the old-style (correct year,
> bent design)
> stabilizer/drop link.  In the past, someone
> apparently fitted a late-model
> (post-84) sway bar, but retained the original
> stabilizer links.  In this
> application, the swaybar interferes with the
> steering shaft, with a slight
> rubbing at low speed and especially w/ a full tank
> of gas.  My question is
> this...   Is it possible to use the post-84
> stabilizer links (which are
> straight) to solve this problem?  The lower control
> arm and the mounting
> point for this style stabilizer link are different
> on the post-84 than on my
> van, so i don't know if it can be used.  Otherwise I
> just have to replace the
> sway bar.  Anybody who has experience with this
> retrofit?
>
> I searched the vanagon archives and found only one
> article that implied this
> was possible, but i want to know for sure.  It may
> be cheaper to do the sway
> bar anyway; haven't priced used parts yet.
> Again, someone please post this to the main vanagon
> list if you can.
> thanks,
> Andy


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