Does your swaybar move?

[Rupewrecht]

I know i've read a few people post over the years that their swaybar has moved to one side or another, and seen various fixes involving cable ties or hose clamps etc.

Whiteline have come to the party and released some clamps to stop the swaybar moving. not a bad idea...but i bet they're not cheap!

http://motoiq.smugmug.com/MotoIQ/Industry/Industry-News-no-watermarks/Lateral-Lock-1/1199839347_Ar2K2-L.jpg

More: http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/1864/whiteline-flatout--sway-bar-lateral-locks.aspx

[phunkdust]

I used my old bushes and some hose clamps :D never moved since :D

[rodhog]

mine did and locked up. I evenutally made what they sell at work but out of only soft alluminum. but I also bought there original clip/clamp with pollyurethane bit that was desgined for it. I think I still have it as I never fitted it due to it being written off.

[marcs_sp20]

Interesting, wonder what they retail for :confused:

[Clean_Cookie]

i cut 2 rc tyres, folded them inside out, which gave me a lip on each side then hose clamped it onto the car. works a dream. no rattles/noises either. im pleased... but that looks alot more professional, i wonder how the alloy goes rubbing against the bushing...?

[project.r.racing]

i'm not fussed if they move a bit. unless someone call tell me why i should care?

[Clean_Cookie]

mine moved about 3cm side to side. did some reading from 05-06 and chicaboo mentioned something about being a little pointless if the force is transferred into directional rather than rotational force...

[phunkdust]

i wonder how the alloy goes rubbing against the bushing...?

bit of moly grease, should be fine - gotta remember the bar is always rubbing against the inside of the bushing.

[Rupewrecht]

i'm not fussed if they move a bit. unless someone call tell me why i should care?

My thinking:

My swaybar was about 3cm to one side. The swaybar endlinks don't hang directly vertical - they're (looking at the back of the car '\' '/'. Having a swaybar over to one side would mean one end link is like 'I' and the other is like '/', which would have to have some effect on the job of the swaybar, as the one angled (and therefore shorter) endlink would mean that the swaybar is working at a different rate on each side due to the different pressure...right?

I realise in the real world it'd probably make 2/5s of **** all difference...but there would be a difference.

[rodhog]

I can tell you why. The bar can move across enough to go under your rear trailing arm and hub carrier.
happen to mine after fitting due to all the speed humps in my area. As many intersections in my area are over one hump turn enter hump down then straighten. it can get jammed.
then your wheel don't travel back down and bar does not bend or break.

it just stops the hub travelling back down it's compelete length even with Eibachs'

then it's a very very hard thing to lift / compress the spring back to remove the bar so you do both and remove the bar and re fit it. But next time with lock outs.

the factory bar avoids it by have the mounting positions indented in the bar it'self and having the original bar desgined to avoid such a problem.
typical aftermarket find it cheaper to make it striaght and then use a after thought fix.

True it cost more to totally replicate the original bar due to the extra bends but they are there for a reason.

[project.r.racing]

the BA whiteline 20mm rear bar has bends in the centre between the bushes.

does that then mean that these locks are not required, as the bends are there to prevent the bar sliding sideways?

judging by the grease smear I have on my rear bar. I have about 3mm sideways movement. enough to worry about?

[Rupewrecht]

Mine was about 30mm out of centre, but the bumps in the bar were enough to stop it going further. That's since 2002. I don't think the bar could go any further due to the design.