If the sway bar is attached to the chassis at 2 points that are far apart
from eachother and close to the ends in a way that doesn't allow the entire
bar to twist, then adjusting just one side will preload the suspension on
that side. In other words you will be adding additional spring stiffness to
one side only. If the bar can freely transfer load from one end to another
this should not be a problem. But a lot of bars we see have enough kinks in
them that an unequal adjustment may make for unequal results. IMHO of course
:-)
Regards,
Alan Pozner
On Tuesday, August 03, 1999 3:46 PM, John Steczkowski
[SMTP:stecz@Crossroads.com] wrote:
> Cool thought, so if you have 3 settings on each end, you really have 9
> settings (taking into account all of the permutations).
>
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> John Steczkowski
> Director, Server I/O
> Crossroads Systems, Inc.
> 512-794-2742
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Coffey [mailto:johncof@ibm.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:44 PM
> > To: Team. Net (E-mail)
> > Subject: Adjustable Swaybars - One or Both Ends?
> >
> >
> > In a discussion with a local suspension guru the point was made that
> > adjustable swaybars really only need to be adjusted on one
> > end, thus the
> > adjustable bars that have adjusting holes on both ends really
> > only need the
> > holes on one end. The basis for this argument is that a sway
> > bar is just a
> > spring with a constant rate so a 100 lbs pushing up on one
> > end will push
> > down with 100 lbs on the other (assuming no preload on the bar).
> >
> > Thinking about this in the context of vehicle roll (which the sway bar
> > exists to control) it appears true. A sway bar transfers
> > load from one side
> > of the vehicle to the other at a constant spring rate and the
> > lever length
> > of the sway bar ends would not affect the amount of load
> > transferred (again,
> > we're talking about vehicle roll). I don't think its true in
> > single wheel
> > bump but that's another issue.
> >
> > This was a new idea to me but it makes sense (after thinking
> > about it and
> > drawing a lot of pictures). What do you folks think?
> >
> > ----------
> > John Coffey
> > johncof@ibm.net
> >
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