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Re: sway bar

To: "'rob'" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>, yellowandgreen@comcast.net,
Subject: Re: sway bar
From: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:37:06 -0600
Wait a minute, this isn't right, is it?  If you move the mounting point 
outward, the bar has a better mechanical advantage and will deflect more 
for a given amount of sway.  Both factors will increase the effective 
stiffness.  If you move the mounting point to the pivot point, you get 
no deflection, no mechanical advantage and the bar does nothing.

> Subject: RE: sway bar
>
>> You can do that, but it's usually easier to move the mounting point 
>> inward
>> on the bar to get the effect of a heavier bar. And yes, it's  the same
>> reason that the little kid moves to the farthest away seat on the teeter
>> totter and the fat kid moves in. Less leverage equals heavier bar.
>>
>>
>> Bill Babcock
>> Babcock & Jenkins

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