<div dir='auto'><div dir="auto"></div><div>Josef,</div><div dir="auto"> Look at the bottom of the front frame rails on any Bugeye. You will find pre-driiled and tapped holes for sway bar brackets. The Bugeye sway bar was offered as an optional performance upgrade at BMC dealers. You had to drill two holes in the lower a-arms to mount the sway bar links. You are correct in the sense a Bugeye did not come with a sway bar at point of purchase, but the dealer sold many performance products offered by the manufacturer. Terry Horler's book "Original Sprite & Midget" mentions the anti-sway bar offered by Healey Motor Company on page 31. There is a picture of the bar there, but it's a little dark, but you can see the two bolt mounting bracket on the lower a-arms that needed holes drilled for them.</div><div dir="auto">Mike MacLean</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="elided-text" dir="auto">On Jul 23, 2019 11:18 AM, josef-eckert@t-online.de wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
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Sorry, I habe to correct you. Bugeyes never had a sway bar.
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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.
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On Jul 23, 2019 6:48 AM, Perry <healeyguy@aol.com> wrote:
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<p>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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<p style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">Michael MacLean</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 23, 2019 12:44 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Anti-Sway Bar</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman' , serif">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. </span></p>
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