Leyland Car Owners - Rear sway bar for P76 by Green targa

29-Apr-07, at 10:42 AM, Adam wrote:
: Hi All,
: Just chasing some pics of varios different rear sway bars and how they are mounted if.
: I fitted a K-Mac rear bar to my yellow super last night, but I've never seen them mounted like this one.
: It did come off of a P76 previously, so it is definatly for a P76.
: I spent some of friday and all of yesterday removing all the suspension, and the engine cross member, to repair some rust I had in the sub-frame rail.
: It all went back together with some good control arms, and some modified struts.
: The struts have been modified to take some commodore racing (So I'm told) strut inserts. (these struts came
: from a wreck, but I knew that they hadn't seen too much road use)
: I stripped them, cleaned and painted them up, and fitted those 2 piece strut top bushes.
: Well, I got it all back in, including the rear sway bar at around 10pm, and took it for a few laps.
: What a difference!
: Gone is that old "im driving a hovercraft/I'm floating" feeling.
: It now feels solid as a rock.
: I can now throw it around corners with at least 75% less body roll, what a car to drive!
: I'm still running 14's all round, so its very firm without being too hard (it is a daily driver).
: When I put it back on the hoist this avo i'll take some pice and post them.
: Adam

Discussion from the "leylandp76@yahoogroups.com.au"
: "Phillip Stevens" wrote:
: This is a pic of the Pedders' design sway bar.
: http://au.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/leylandp76/photos/view/d5ae?b=24 (or below the red bars)

: It mounts on holes drilled through the trailing arms. there are spacer tubes inserted into the "U" cavity to prevent the mounting bolts crushing the trailing arm.
: I was a little concerned about torsion loadings on the trailing arms when I first saw it in place, but looking at the K- mac design it looks like it has similar design and loadings.

: What's nice is that the design ensures that the bar is never the lowest part of the suspension.
: It is bent to sit behind the differential at its lowest point.

: Reply
: Thats a cool looking swaybar.
: I think I prefer that style of mounting, it just seems better somehow.
: I mounted mine, and then thought after that it should have some tube between the top of the trailing arm and the metal bracket to stop the top of the arm bending. I think I'll do this pretty soon.
: The bar makes a hell of a difference though,
: Adam

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