If they were of no use then 99% of new cars wouldn't have one, but they do. VW made the progressive refinement by adding one to Deluxe Beetles in 1960 for a reason. I thought you guys both had computers? :PĬall them anti-sway bars, anti-roll bars, or stabilizer bars, either way they are a good thing. Because its levers slant in opposite directions, the the equalizer spring does not help body roll. Its main purpose provides additional progressive spring action to assist the torsion bars when the vehicle is loaded down. It was never desgined for body roll control. You can shim it to react and load more aggressively. The 67/68 rear equalizer spring is NOT a sway bar in its original state. If you you dont regularly drive aggressive you may or may not ever use it for its intent. Its intent is to control the amount of body roll by tying an axle and its suspension side to side. Normally operation is mainly noted with abrupt and or quick steering actions and reactions. Sway (stabilizer) bars are designed with the intent to control. So you didn't notice a big difference? Was does that tell you? Bugs had them "Z bars" for what, 2 years? That should give you another clue. Not much time would pass and the sway bars would be removed because they didn't do much of anything to make the car faster, but the car builder made money selling the sway bars. Racing is a "monkey see, monkey do" sport and then shortly afterwords others would have sway bars on. It was usually a car builder trying to sell merchandise. I ran oval dirt tracks for over 20 years and once in a while a guy would come along with a sway bar installed claiming it to be magic. I think they are a waste unless you are driving in NASCAR at high rates of speed. They are "supposed" to load both sides of the car when cornering. What do the sway bars do? I assumed they made the car sway less in sharp turns but I didn't feel any difference today. I removed them and don't feel any difference in how it drives. I've always had inch-wide sway bars front and rear. The drums are not as good as the 914 I used to have but still very good stopping ability. While it was on jackstands I bled the brakes. Today I took the bug for a long run and it drives fine. View original topic: The reason for sway bars? :: View topic - The reason for sway bars? Forumsįorum Index -> Beetle - 1958-1967 -> The reason for sway bars?
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