I believe that the thicker sway bars were stock on westfalias (and probably other hi-tops) to counteract the extra sway introduced by carrying more weight up at the top.
At 02:57 PM 1/3/2006 -0500, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >In a message dated 12/30/05 12:19:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, >rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM writes: > > > > I hear of rear sway bars being avaliable. A simple bolt on , I believe. > > > > My late 85 has the solid cast iorn lower control arm that all the square > > headlight vanagons have. This 85 retains the thicker sway bar that the > > sheet metal(early) lower control arm vanagons had. The thicker bar is 21mm > > in diameter and the thinner bar is 19mm in dia. > > > > A swap out for this thicker bar is ez. Besides the bar(free?),the 4 > > bushings need changing.That is all. Takes about 1 hour. > > > > I dont know why VW switched bars,but maybe a thicker a bar is what you > > need. > > > >so roger what are u saying, the late 85's have a one year only thicker 21mm >sway bar? > >chris >i have a late 85 vanagon here for parts.. its got the all-plastic coolant >pipes yet it is a 1.9L.. > >chris |
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