[Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar

[Kees Oudesluijs]

A stiffer anti-roll bar (or springs) on the front only will also 
introduce more understeer and may be unbalance in the car´s road behaviour.

If you change one thing it will invariably lead to the need of changing 
other things to get it right.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 24-7-2019 om 14:07 schreef Perry via Healeys:
>
> 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 <mailto:schottc at knology.net>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:47 PM
> *To: *Mike MacLean <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>
> *Cc: *Perry <mailto:healeyguy at aol.com>; healeys at autox.team.net 
> <mailto: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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>     for Windows 10
>
>     *From: *Michael MacLean <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>
>     *Sent: *Tuesday, July 23, 2019 12:44 AM
>     *To: *Healeys <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>     *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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