Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Sway bars: special steel?

  1. #1

    Sway bars: special steel?

    While restoring my '69, I found the rear sway bars to be worn in the bushing area, to the point of being smaller in diameter. It is a 15mm bar (both are)

    I am pondering whether I can make a set of 18mm bars for the car. (cue in Jeremy Clarkson voice: ) How hard can it be?

    I have access to bar stock in the correct diameter, heating sources galore, and a mill to make the flats/drill for the cotter pins.

    Thus my question: Is there more to a sway bar than steel stock heated and bent? am I missing a specific component or procedure of making them, whose absence would negate the effort?

  2. #2
    Senior Member uai's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Horb a.N. Germany
    Posts
    2,556
    Sure you'll need spring steel, heat treatment, shot peening...

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Location
    COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
    Posts
    776
    Hi georg

    If you want I got all types on stock ,the rear 18 mm is 200€
    It requeirs serious heat and tooling its not that straight forword as it looks

    but beside that , if you want to go at it , I forgot the number ID of the steel we use, but its pretty much as you describe it

    Marek

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Message Board Disclaimer and Terms of Use
This is a public forum. Messages posted here can be viewed by the public. The Early 911S Registry is not responsible for messages posted in its online forums, and any message will express the views of the author and not the Early 911S Registry. Use of online forums shall constitute the agreement of the user not to post anything of religious or political content, false and defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise to violate the law and the further agreement of the user to be solely responsible for and hold the Early 911S Registry harmless in the event of any claim based on their message. Any viewer who finds a message objectionable should contact us immediately by email. The Early 911S Registry has the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.