Tom Yange wrote,
>This subject has probably been covered before, but is a 7/8" bar stiff
>enough to want to reinforce the sway-bar bushing mounts?
I dont know how the mounts look specifically in series IV and V alpines,
but on the earlier alpines, the bushes are captivated by a thick
gauge steel plate, that just squishes the bush into a channel inside
the lower control arm.
During torsion of the bar, the majority of the stress is placed on
the insides of the channel.
I have never seen one of the steel plates fail, but if there is any
weakness
it would be in the two tangs in the ends of the steel plates, that
locate
within holes in the lower control arm channel.
Here, the stress will be greatest, as the entire load of the plate, is
taken up by the two relatively small tangs.
Jarrid Gross
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