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Is this front Sway Bar upside down?
Lateral - June 6th, 2013 at 10:24 AM

Hi Guys

This might be a stupid question but here goes.

Is this front sway bar installed upside down? Is so, what would the reason be and does it make a difference apart from road clearance? Could it be due to the adjusters that are installed on the torsion tubes?

Thanks
Regards
Greg

Sides - June 6th, 2013 at 11:38 AM

Is this front sway bar installed upside down?

Yup.

Is so, what would the reason be and does it make a difference apart from road clearance?

It'll pivot and move roughly the same, but any pre-load in the spring steel will be the wrong direction. Probably make stuff all difference really. IMHO the stock sway bar is pretty useless anyway, esp if you go putting in better shocks, wider tyres, different offset rims and so-on.

Could it be due to the adjusters that are installed on the torsion tubes?

Yup - probably. Either that or whoever fitted it didn't realize. Will it clear the adjusters the other way round ?

Lateral - June 6th, 2013 at 11:52 AM

Hi Dave

I'm thinking that I may take it off and see if it'll fit the correct way and clear the adjusters....sounds like a job to do this long weekend :tu:

Regards
Greg

helbus - June 6th, 2013 at 06:16 PM

The lower the bus goes, the more the sway bar pivots down towards the ground away from the beam, and also drops to the ground. So lowering 75mm can make the swaybar 100mm colser to the ground

Lateral - June 6th, 2013 at 07:30 PM

But I assume it still should be installed the correct way and orientation?

psimitar - June 7th, 2013 at 12:17 AM

Reckon you'll find it'll get pretty close to the adjusters cos from memory mine sat pretty close to the std central grub screw.