[Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar

[Perry]

Charlie
My experience with a larger roll bar is that the car tends to get crazy over bumps, pavement expansion joints and the like. I have a 7/8 bar on the shelf (memento of things gone awry previously) and I could not use it even on my V8 car. 
Perry

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From: Charles Schott
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:47 PM
To: Mike MacLean
Cc: Perry; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar

Mike,

The original bar on my 100 was also 1/2" but I'm installing a 7/8" one. AH Spares has them at 5/8", 3/4" and 7/8". And they have polyurethane bushings.

Regards,

Charlie Schott


From: "Mike MacLean" <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
To: "Perry" <healeyguy at aol.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 12:37:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar

It seems my anti-sway bar is the original 1/2" bar.   My curiosity was rooted in the fact I used to own an original sway bar for my Bugeye.  That was 1/2" diameter also.  I recently rebuilt the front suspension on the Bugeye which included new lower a-arms of the later type for later Spridgets.  The new lower a-arms came with the reinforced holes for mounting a sway bar.  The new bar on the Bugeye is 5/8".  It doesn't seem right the smaller car has a bigger sway bar.
Mike MacLean

On Jul 23, 2019 6:48 AM, Perry <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:

Mike
Sorry, my BN2 measures 5/8 inch but I also measured the 10 other sway bars upstairs in the garage and 4 were ½ inch and the rest 5/8 inch.  Suspect I put a 6 cylinder bar on it 17 years ago during the last resto. Have had that car for 54 years.
P
 
 
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From: Michael MacLean
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 12:44 AM
To: Healeys
Subject: [Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar
 
What is the diameter of a 100 anti-sway bar?  I just tried to put urethane bushings on the one I have with my BN2 (the two center ones held on with a metal strap) and the hole in the bushing was way too big.  What good is that?  I switched to a rubber set I have and they fit better, but still a little loose.  
Mike MacLean
 


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