- 1. Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:46:35 -0400
- I'm ready to tackle adding a sway bar to improve cornering. I asked Ken Gilanders his opinion. He said, "The front ones work bur most are too small. Addco makes some that are not bad in the street."
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00780.html (7,132 bytes)
- 2. Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:27:17 -0400
- Message text written by "Terry Smith" Gilanders his opinion. He said, "The front ones work bur most are too small. Addco makes some that are not bad in the street." What does "too small" mean, and an
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00788.html (7,865 bytes)
- 3. Sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:08:53 +0100
- Message text written by "Terry Smith" Gilanders his opinion. He said, "The front ones work bur most are too small. Addco makes some that are not bad in the street." What does "too small" mean, and an
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00793.html (7,951 bytes)
- 4. sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:48:49 -0400 from [4.14.61.136] at Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:48:50 -0500
- do a Google search just using "Addco", then pull up Triumphs, using the stock number of whichever kit you want to install call JC Whitney and they will order it for you at their $99.00 sale price, ot
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00794.html (7,274 bytes)
- 5. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:04:53 -0700
- The point of adding a swaybar is to increase roll stiffness. "Too small" means the car would handle better with more roll stiffness. How much stiffness a particular bar will add depends on a lot of
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00795.html (7,601 bytes)
- 6. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:31:17 -0400
- I see that some sway bars are adjustable where they mount on the front suspension. I don't understand what the adjustment does. What does it accomplish and how does it do it -- the mechanics of it? T
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00798.html (7,763 bytes)
- 7. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:01:50 -0700
- I bought mine from http://www.swaybars.com/. Although Fred's JCWhitney tip sounds even better pricewise. You can get the part number from this website and then call JCW. I'll bet Ken was talking abo
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00799.html (11,167 bytes)
- 8. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:06:53 -0400
- The sway bar, or more correctly the anti-roll bar, is simply a spring that connects the two sides of the supension together. When one side droops or compresses, the force is reacted against the other
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00800.html (8,590 bytes)
- 9. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:10:06 -0700
- It lets you adjust roll stiffness, to get just the right amount. Too much roll stiffness tends to make one wheel lift on uneven roads, while too little may allow unfortunate camber changes (relative
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00801.html (9,042 bytes)
- 10. Re: sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:25:49 -0700
- Addco's web site has a table with all the model numbers and their Triumph http://www.addco.net/products/triumph.shtml Be careful when ordering from JCWhitney. They shipped me the TR4 bar with the TR3
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00804.html (8,650 bytes)
- 11. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:47:28 -0400
- Hi Guys, I just read the list these days... and try to keep up with the daily deluge. The car is finished and I just drive it. I only work on it when its broken. I'm a little sad... but I'm not up to
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00807.html (8,072 bytes)
- 12. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:14:32 -0400
- I got my Addco from JC Whitney about a decade or so ago. I called them again a few years back to see about getting another one for a friend. They would NOT tell me what the manufacturer was. Only tha
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00818.html (8,810 bytes)
- 13. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:48:00 -0400
- -- Randall, is there an option of rubber and poly bushings and endlinks, and which would be better? Terry
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00822.html (7,658 bytes)
- 14. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:01:33 -0700
- Yes there is, in fact some people even use solid aluminum for the bushings and Heim joints (metal-on-metal swivel joints) for the end links. Which is better depends on what you're trying to accompli
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00823.html (7,919 bytes)
- 15. Re: sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:09:13 -0400
- Message text written by INTERNET:pethier@isd.net rear tire. The front bar cured that pretty well. A rear bar would bring back that problem and would also knock you out of Stock class for both VTR and
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00829.html (7,950 bytes)
- 16. RE: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:00:02 -0400
- < Use of compliant bushings on sway bars opens up the realm of progressive onset of sway bar action. There are even fancy spring loaded end links that will allow no sway bar contribution until a cer
- /html/triumphs/2004-06/msg00832.html (8,017 bytes)
- 17. sway bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:08:20 -0500
- I paid $285.00 for a 1" bar for my Jag. U payz for what you want.
- /html/triumphs/1999-02/msg00517.html (5,950 bytes)
- 18. Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 14:06:07 -0800
- Just talked to JC Whitney about getting a sway bar for a 1970 TR6... unfortunately they don't stock them anyone. However they did say that if enough people inquired about them they would reconsider.
- /html/triumphs/1997-03/msg00394.html (6,458 bytes)
- 19. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 17:32:38 -0500
- Hello Ken, saw your post : If you or anyone else is interested in a stock front sway bar salvaged from a '75 TR-6, you can have it for $10. + postage. Bar only, mounting brackets gone, rubber padded
- /html/triumphs/1997-03/msg00397.html (6,817 bytes)
- 20. Re: Sway Bars (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 18:19:02 +0000
- -- Ken I just purchased a rear 3/4" sway bar from J.C. Whitney two or three weeks ago and I've been fitting it up this past week on my bare 74 TR6 frame. This bar is a genuine Addco ( I called them t
- /html/triumphs/1997-03/msg00400.html (8,047 bytes)
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