Tony I've done it on my 4A. Get a front skid shield from a TR 6 and replace
the TR4A shield. After that it's a bolt in for a TR6 Bar. It's that simple.
I bought my shield from Scott Harper at Team Triumph in Warren, OH. I'm away
from home at the moment so don't have his phone number handy.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <cartr4a@ameritech.net>
To: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; "triumph list"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] advice on installing a front swaybar on TR4A
> There is a sway bar available for the TR4A and TR250 at Victoria British.
I put one on my TR4A a few years ago with no problem.
>
> Here's a link...
> http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/tc/0099.html
>
> Jim
> '67 TR4A
> '68 GT6
> '73 Spit6
> http://www.geocities.com/britishiron2000
>
> Anthony Rhodes <spamiam@comcast.net> wrote:
> I want to improve the handling on my TR4A. No swaybar is available here
in
> the US specifically for this model. Many are available for the TR6. But,
the
> front frame is a little different on the TR6.
>
> I saw the Goodparts 7/8" front swaybar for the TR6. It is beautiful! I
> corresponded with Mr. Good, and we both thought that it could fit the 4A
> reasonably easily. So, I ordered one.
>
> Well, it is not quite so easy to fit. The arms that run fore-aft are, as
> expected, too long. But there is just not enough wiggle room to fit it
> properly. The front radiator shield plate has those towing loops which get
in
> the way, but even then if they were not there, and the bar were attached
to
> the front of the shield plate as it is in the TR6, then the vertical link
is
> shifted too far backward on the A-arm.
>
> So, I thought about fabricating some "extensions" to attach to the shield
so
> that the sway bar can be mounted in the proper relationship to the A-arm.
It
> appears that it would need to hold the center of the sway bar about 2"
forward
> of the shield, and the total forward length of the extension would be
about
> 3".
>
> Has anyone come up with a better arrangement to adapt a TR6 bar to the 4A.
>
> I assume that some place like Revington's might have a specific bar for
the
> 4A, but I always find shipping from the UK to be prohibitively expensive
and
> SLOOOOOW. So, within limits, I would rather adapt to a TR6 bar.
>
> I am on the "digest" for the list, so please CC any reply directly to me
too.
> Thanks.
>
> -Tony
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