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Date:         Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:41:27 -0700
Reply-To:     dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         dylan friedman <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: sway bar bushings
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <069301ca1552$4b68ee70$6501a8c0@PROSPERITY>
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Suspension Techniques I get ones that are as close to the right size and tweek to fit. About $7 a piece if you buy quanity. dylan ________________________________ From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:24:07 PM Subject: Re: sway bar bushings then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings..... if your goal is to have as much anti-roll as you can out of your stock front anti-sway bar, and to replace the now-soft and pretty warn original anti-sway bar rubber bushings.  Urethane bushings, the red ones ......if you can find them.  That would be the way to go. If I had handy access to some, and they were not too expensive, I'd make that a standard replacement item on the vans I refurbish. adjustable anti-sway bars would be the real right way to go if fitting aftermarket ones. If anyone makes such a thing. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Lail" <wklail@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 3:08 PM Subject: sway bar bushings > I've notices some discussion about sway bars recently.  I assume that > both the Addco and Empi (and others) will improve handling.  However, > I wonder how much handling could be improved if we just replaced the > bushings on the existing front sway bar.  My bushings seem to look > okay, but they're old and probably worn.  They look to be fairly easy > to replace.  Has anyone done this, and does it appreciably improve > handling? > > TIA, > > Warren in Santa Fe > 88 Westy "Billy Bones"


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