Rear Sway Bar on 9" diff
#1 _Keithy's_UC_
Posted 10 April 2007 - 11:16 AM
I've fitted my new 9" and she looks tops, but there's just one thing lacking... a sway bar!
The Salisbury had one on it, handled beautifully. Two questions remain...
1. Are there off-the-shelf sway bar kits for the UC and 9" combination?
and
2. Will the lack of sway bar make my car more unstable around corners (i.e. body roll)?
I have a feeling that it's gonna make the old girl a slop to drive around corners, which i'm not keen on as i love the way they handle.
Does anyone have a sway bar on their 9", and if so are there many costs or fabrication work involved?
Cheers
Keith
#2
Posted 10 April 2007 - 11:44 AM
i had a selbys bar with a banjo.
floor mount not trailing arm.
took it off ,put 9 inch in ,bolted it back on.
so far so good.
with banjo
with banjo
with 9 inch
#3
Posted 10 April 2007 - 12:17 PM
for the record, my car has no swaybars on it
#4 _trna76hb_
Posted 10 April 2007 - 01:36 PM
bulge in the back of the housing. Welded up the original holes & boxed the control arms.
ian
#5
Posted 10 April 2007 - 03:12 PM
#6
Posted 10 April 2007 - 03:47 PM
there is a lot more to it but i hope that makes sense.
anyway i am sure one could be modded to fit if you need it.
#7
Posted 10 April 2007 - 04:02 PM
I too am interested in finding a solution.
#8 _v8slrtorana_
Posted 10 April 2007 - 05:57 PM
Ill get pics if you want.
#9
Posted 10 April 2007 - 07:45 PM
Did you check the clearance with the suspension bottomed out? At normal ride height my sway bar cleared the 9" but it did hit the 9" before the suspension bottomed out. I had to move the sway bar mount holes on the trailing arms back 10 mm to provide sufficient clearance.I have the Whiteline #BHR37 on my 9". It clears, just.
Ill get pics if you want.
#10 _v8slrtorana_
Posted 10 April 2007 - 07:55 PM
My std swaybar did hit the 9" dome, never did think of relocating it backwards.Did you check the clearance with the suspension bottomed out? At normal ride height my sway bar cleared the 9" but it did hit the 9" before the suspension bottomed out. I had to move the sway bar mount holes on the trailing arms back 10 mm to provide sufficient clearance.I have the Whiteline #BHR37 on my 9". It clears, just.
Ill get pics if you want.
My whiteline mounts the same as arrimar's ^^
Or look here my exhaust page
Ive also got the decoupled?? (right word??) type.
#11
Posted 10 April 2007 - 08:18 PM
same same isnt it
#12
Posted 10 April 2007 - 08:23 PM
#13 _HatchmanSS76_
Posted 10 April 2007 - 10:19 PM
I never had one on mine with either of the 9 inch diffs and didn't really notice the lack of one until I put the CRS chasis kit in and than it was very noticeable when pushing the car hard. Felt the lack of one on the corner before I wreaked the car.
Just to stray off topic afraction as well rather than starting a new post.
What is the ideal set up for optimum handeling.
Floor mound sway bay as in the first pics or trailing arm mounted bar?
Edited by HatchmanSS76, 10 April 2007 - 10:22 PM.
#14
Posted 11 April 2007 - 10:11 AM
#15 _Keithy's_UC_
Posted 11 April 2007 - 02:54 PM
Not saying that i ever push my UC to the extreme around corners (quite the opposite - i'm a grandma behind the wheel, ask Sarsha and Nathan!!), but at the moment it handles so beautifully... I have it set-up to how i like it. Front and rear sway bars are perfect. I like cornering with no body roll, and in the off-chance my car under/oversteers i'd really like the predictability that the sway bar offers in comparison to the unpredictability of sudden under to oversteer due to excessive rear body roll.
I'll investigate wether my salisbury sway bar will fit back on there, but i guarantee i'll need to fabricate some mounts before that'll happen, and i'm not keen on welding things to my axle tubes.
Cheers
Keith
Edited by Keithy's_UC, 11 April 2007 - 02:54 PM.
#16 _Chamois hatch_
Posted 11 April 2007 - 03:57 PM
cheers
#17 _Keithy's_UC_
Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:41 AM
I'll update this thread with my findings...
Cheers
Keith
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