Jarrid,
the only 'failure' I have seen was on a car which had been towed using
the 'anti-roll bar' (one for the transatlantic translation list - AKA
Swaybar). The part that broke away was the thin strip of metal which is
part of the leading edge of the lower 'wishbone'. The pressed steel
bracket which wraps around the anti-roll bar bush was fine.
It may not be the ideal test but it does give an indication of where the
strength lies.
Conversion table -
Wishbone - control arm / pressed steel plate that reminds you of the
last servings of Turkey at Thanksgiving (Yuletide /Christmas /
Xmas ... this is another list.)
A-Arm - see wishbone
Anti-roll bar - Swaybay, something a DPO uses to tow the car
DPO - me in this case (aged 17)
aged 17 - last week, ( I wish)
wish - 1/2 a wishbone...............?
sorry, I just thought of one last one.......
Roll Bar - device that is useful if the 'Anti-' fails to work.
In message <199709251508.IAA02167(at)mail-lax-2.pilot.net>, "Jarrid Gross
(Yorba Linda, CA)" <GROSS(at)UNIT.COM> writes
>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
-- Jeff Howarth
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