Sway bar question

cassidy-online · 10-09-2003, 05:14 AM

Hi,

I bought a stock sway bar. Now the arms easily slides on and off of the torsion bar. What holds them on when they are installed in the car?

Also will the Weltmeister U-tab kit work with the stock sway bar?

And how well does the stock sway bar work?

Thanks, Chris.

skline · skline's Garage

Get a bolt and a nut to go through it and tighten it up. They wont come off. As for the U tab, you could make your own. They came on the early cars and the S optioned cars. The Weltmiester fit would work also.

D7N7MASTER · D7N7MASTER's Garage

I don't suppose you bought it on Ebay, did you?

sammyg2 · 10-09-2003, 07:00 AM

If you tighten the clamp bolts all the way and they still are loose, your arms are worn out and wont work unless you have them welded, re-machined, or replaced. I would not try to weld then to the torsion bar.

maf 914 · 10-09-2003, 07:27 AM

I don't have a stock type bar so I may not visualize this correctly, but, if the clamping bolt no longer tightens the arm to the bar couldn't you shim the arm-to-bar suface? This would then spread the split or clamping end of the arm and allow the clamping bolt to bite. Just an idea.

Mike

cassidy-online · 10-09-2003, 12:41 PM

Yes, I bought it on ebay. I looked at the picture of " how to install a sway bar" and see that I am missing the bolts and the plates that clamp the arms to the bar. Hmmmm.