TeriAnn :
My ADDCO kit (bought many years ago) had the holes in the tab centered
from side to side, so I'm not sure of the answer to your question.
However, I'd put the large hole to the inside, to keep more of the tab
in contact with a A-frame/wishbone. Although not included in the kit, I
had to switch to a longer bolt. I used a nyloc nut to avoid having to
drill the new bolt, and it seems to work fine (although the nut has to
be replaced every time the suspension is disassembled).
The front vertical links have a spacer, the rear ones don't. The
instructions show the front bolts going in from the top (ie through the
tab first, then later through the bar), but I've found that the end of
the bolt eventually gets buggered up. I've run my bolts the other way,
which seems to work better. I also use nylocs here (don't recall if
they came with the kit).
I found too much oversteer for my tastes with the standard installation,
so switched first to nylon (which didn't last long), then to
polyurethane (which so far has held up quite well) bushings on the front
vertical link.
Randall
59 TR3A daily driver
TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>
> I have an ADDCO sway bar for the front of a TR3 and two mounting kits.
> One is a front kit & one is a rear kit (Unlabeled of course)
>
> I'm ready to mount the front bar.
>
> There is a metal tab that fits to the top on the lower wish bone. It has
> a pair of holes near diagonal oposit corners. The big hole is for
> thebuchings & down link. The small hole is for mounting on the side top
> of the lower wishbone.
>
> Question#1
>
> With the small hole to the rear, is the top plate oriented so that the
> big hole is closser to the outside or inside?
>
> Question #2
>
> I have different downlinks (one for the front & one for the rear.
>
> One is a shorter bolt and the bushings all stack one on top of the other.
> One is a longer bolt and has a sleave type spacer that fits between the
> upper pair of bushings & the lower pair of bushings.
>
> DOes the front use the longer bolt with the spacer between the bushing
> pairs or the short bolt with the bushing pairs against each other?
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if I had just abeled the boxes when I got them and
> removed them from the original shipping boxes about 8 years ago?
>
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