Date:         Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:21:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Vanagon Sway Bars - pics
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Here's a quick compilation of pics from my F/R addco sway bar install.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xts9cjn.4h0sob1n&x=0&y=-3jgb11


Front:  Note the shim.  It's a 2x2 inch chunk of 3/16ths delrin, belt sanded
to the appropriate triangular cross section and epoxy'd to the frame.  An
easier way would been to have simply taken a corner off the poly bushing.
oh well.  anyway, there was a fair bit of extra play in the top of the end
links -- note the giganto bolt.  so I put a few garden hose washers in there
to make up the space.  one is black, the other is orange.  another thing to
note is that the bar has 719 written on it -- ADDCO's number.  But I bought
them from PST.  See?  It's the same!  Getting the old bar out of the top
section of the end-link took generous amounts of astroglyde personal
lubricant, though I bet soap might work ;)

So, for the rear.   Look how I botched the frame mounts.  Honest -- just
following the directions.  Tip:  don't follow the directions!!

*Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM> * wrote:

These guys may be a bit less expensive, and I know for a fact it's the same
ADDCO bar.

* http://tinyurl.com/3a9br6*

Installation is fairly unsettling. The rear requires a fair amount of
drilling into the frame and trailing arms... ONe thing to note is to make
sure you have the unused portion of the u-bolt situated inboard of the frame

mounts. THis will keep the bar from hitting the nut/bolt. Hard lesson
learned.

The front sway bar mounts aren't well suited to the stock arrangement.
You'll see when you get there, heheh. Again, you'll have to drill holes
(stock is one hole and a tab, this config requires two holes) and either
fabricate shims or shave down the poly bushing to fit snug, since the
mounting surface isn't flat.