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Date:         Tue, 4 May 1999 16:59:02 -0600
Reply-To:     "Richard A. Jones" <jones@ANOMIE.COLORADO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Richard A. Jones" <jones@ANOMIE.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar)
Comments: To: jones@coyote.Colorado.EDU
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>>>From COPIRO@whsd.k12.pa.us Tue May 4 12:54 MDT 1999 >>>From: ROBERT A COPICH <COPIRO@whsd.k12.pa.us> >>>To: "'Richard A. Jones '" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU> >>>Subject: RE: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar) >>>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:54:43 -0400 >>>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>> >>> >>>Richard, if you have a minute....How did you get that part off the sway bar? >>>How do you get it back on??? Any help would be appreciated >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Richard A. Jones >>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>Sent: 5/2/99 11:25 PM >>>Subject: Re: droplink.jpg (was broke anti-sway bar) >>> >>>I posted the unqualified name in the link to the scan of >>>my welded-bolt droplink. The link should be >>> http://coyote.colorado.edu/jones/droplink.jpg >>> >>>Sorry for this confusion. >>> >>> Richard A. Jones >>> Boulder

When the droplink breaks at the step where the machining ends--and that's where it always breaks--or my four did--then it is easy to lube up the bushing with some silicon spray and work it off the end of the stabilizer bar.

I haven't dealt with getting a whole droplink installed--I let my mechanic do that! However, for the one pictured (or really its twin, since I had two made up together, preparing for the other side), the report was that it was a bear to assemble, since it is slightly longer than the original. So flexing the stabilizer bar up or the wheel down to get the threaded end inserted was hard. I would advise that the bolt be cut so the droplink ends up the same dimension as an original.

Hope this helps, Richard A. Jones Boulder


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