Date:         Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:52:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Frisbee <frisbee@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Frisbee <frisbee@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: anti-sway bar
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Jim,

I installed a rear anti-sway bar from JC Whiffme; they stock Hellwig
sway bars.  Listed in index under Anti-sway bars.  JC has a special
order service at (312)-431-6188 to order ones that aren't specically
listed in their catalog, ie. Vanagon.

The Vanagon comes with a factory front bar, which is quite beefy.  I
added the aftermarket rear unit; you must drill some holes in the
frame and suspension members to bolt it on.

I also installed a Sachs/Boge lowering kit at the same time, and
together they absolutely tranformed the handling/cross wind
resistance.  I'm pretty sure the spring/shock combo was the most
important change, so I can't really say how much the rear anti-sway
contributes to improvements.  But for $95 why not?

-Steve Frisbee
85 westy
92 subaru
66 bug





---Jim Fritz <jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US> wrote:
>
> Volks,
> OK, showing my ignorance here.....some time back, somebody talked
about adding an anti-sway bar to their Westy to stop the body roll.  I
was talking with a know-it-all mechanic friend who only works on
domestics and he was making fun of my Westy and telling me "if its a
decent vehicle in that weight category it would come with one from the
factory".  Being less then a master mechanic myself, and unfamiliar
with this bar I don't know #1 if it came stock on all Westys, #2 what
one looks like, #3 where its mounted, #4 exactly how it works, #4
front or rear or both, #5 where to buy one if I need one (somebody
said JC Whipme but I'm not finding one there).  Can anybody help a
clueless owner like me out?
>
> Jim in Iowa
> 91 Passat Wagon GL
> 89 Westy (and a seasick wife)
> 66 Beetle
>

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