The kit I have (mfr unknown?) has four rubber
bushes on a vertical riser that attaches to the
u-bolt plate. The bar can rise and fall a bit without
the bar even coming into play (if so desired..you adjust)
Normal pivot brackets are bolted t othe underside
and the ends ride on these vertical links.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>; "v8"
<mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: Rear stabilizer bars
> Which rear kit is that - the factory bar used on later cars or the
> after-market one? It sounds like the Ron Hopkinson kit and I have had a
lot
> of problems with that. The factory bar uses a proper joint between the
bar
> and the drop-links such that the axle was free to rise and fall - as long
as
> both sides were rising and falling an equal amount. The RH kit uses a
much
> simpler arrangement with a pin in a rubber bush that is being bent back
and
> fore as the axle rises and falls. The original on mine lasted for many
> years and over 70k and the pins only broke when corrosion had reduced
their
> thickness. One of the replacements broke in less than 100 miles and *its*
> replacement even quicker. Complaining to Moss UK (the agents for the RH
kit)
> they said they couldn't see how the thing ever worked properly in the
first
> place but washed their hands of any further responsibility. After that I
> modified the drop-links and rubber bushes slightly and since then it seems
> to have been OK for the last 2k or so, but if they break again I shall be
> junking it. They also supply hard yellow poly bushes as an alternative to
> the rubber and with those I doubt you would get round the first bend.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
> To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>; "v8" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:59 AM
> Subject: Rear stabilizer bars
>
>
> > The other day, I tried to order the Moss handling kit that consists of
7/8
> > front stabilizer bar and 5/8 rear bar with installation hardware...
>
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