>Can you please tell me what this bar does, can it >stabilyze the bus in the freeway at hi speeds >against the wind? and where can I buy them? > >Your answer will be appreciated, I have a 71 >camper with a Toyota 1600cc. engine and I love >it except in windy conditions. Thanks > A sway bar is a torsion bar like rod that attaches the left and right suspension arms together. The idea is that when a van turns all its weight is thrown towards the outside of the van, causing the outside suspension arm to compress and the inside sumpension arm to extend. This makes the whole van lean like it wants to tip over. The sway bar works tranfering some of the upward force on the outside suspension arm to upward force on the inside suspension arm, helping to equalize the lean of the van. It is not perfectly stiff, it can spring, so the independent suspension action is not totally taken away. Overall, it does help a lot. Yes, it does help wind problems, but it doesn't cure them. The car also suffers some ride quality, like it seems a little stiffer going over bumps. This doesn't bother me much though. You can buy them from a few different places. The places I know of are J.C. Whitney, The Bus Boys, and The Bus Stop (Rocky Mountain Motorworks). Sway-A-Way is a good brand if you can find it, but it may cost more. The cheaper ones may also work just as well, I guess I really don't know. They should fit on a '71. My '77 already had a front one from the factory, but I put a larger Sway-A-Way on as a replacement. ddlroach
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