Rear A/M sway bar help

[Zvoiture]

Can someone tell me where a picture of a rear-oriented aftermarket rear sway bar is that shows the end links? I just put one in this 73 and have clearance problems. I can't figure out which way it should be installed to clear the halfshafts.

steve77

[Bambikiller240]

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=9554&highlight=Sway+bars

One of my posts in the above thread has a picture I got from Ground Control of that kind of bar. It doesn't show it installed however.

The bar "arms" go "over" (above) the half-shafts. Have you tried mounting the sway bar both ways (i.e. upside down from the first attempt)?

[Zvoiture]

That's it...the one in your post down at the bottom. It's hard to see in the pic, but the arms are bent slightly up and down into a little arch. THEY HIT THE HALFSHAFTS!!!! Is it because the car is too low? Let me go take a picture.

steve77

[Zvoiture]

Over.

[Zvoiture]

I test-fit it UNDER the axle, but it looked like it would need end links that are about 2" long to work. In the picture above, I had to take the end links off to get the car down off the jack. They totally bound up and wouldn't let the car down (up, actually). I had end links on there that I bought from Energy Suspension that are 3" from bearing point to bearing point.

Someone has to have a picture of this thing installed on a severly lowered car.

steve77

[2ManyZs]

Well, here's a pic of the rear mount bar on my wrecked IT car. It's not the same as yours, but you'll see it does have short end links and mounts under the halfshaft..... Don't know who made this bar, but I think it might be an old GC item....

I'm looking at yours, and wondering if that is the right bar to begin with..... I don't remember them having that much bend in them. Or, could that possibly be a front mount bar? I think they have lot of drop to them to clear the halfshaft since the mounting point is bit higher than the rear mount bars. Seems like the rear mount bars I remember were a bit flatter than the one in your pic. And, the car is sitting up on jackstands if that isn't obvious......

Here's mine, and you'll notice it has very little clearance under the halfshaft. And yes, the end links are rod ends and the whole end of the bar doesn't mount like a stock one....and no, it's not for sale. :devious:

[Bambikiller240]

Do you know the brand of Rear Bar that you're using? Since you bought end links, I'm guessing that you got the bar "used" somewhere? I'm wondering if the bar was meant to use end links that are longer than the ones you have. The way your picture shows the bar installed is the way I installed a Mulholland (Interpart) rear bar on a previous Z. I can't find a picture that shows the end links, but they may have been longer than you describe. (It was a long time ago and memory is hazy)

[seerex]

I was looking at the 25 mm rear swaybar by nismo for my 240 , is it too big for it , not familiar with them at all?

[Zvoiture]

No, that's the embarassing part! This bar was on the car before I stripped it. So I know it works. the car was lowered before, but about half as much as now (I am 1" from tire to fender in rear with no tranny, tank or interior and 14" tires). I saved all the end links that came off the car just in case. Now I am glad. There are some shorter ones, but no longer ones. I am going to try the shorter ones and go under the axls.

steve77

[Bambikiller240]

Let us know how it all comes out for you Steve.

I just went into the room I store *most* of my Z parts in and the rear bar I bought on eBay 2 years ago looks exactly like the one you have. Unfortuately, the end links that came with it are across town at my parents house. I don't remember the length, but they were basically just long bolts with a sleeve that served to separate the bearing/bushing cups.

BTW, did you put coil-overs on this car? or how / how much did you lower it?

[Zvoiture]

OK, flipped the hting over and found some really shord end links in the salvage bucket. These must have been them. This is off the jack, but nothing tightened. Looks like it will work! Thanks.

steve77

[Zvoiture]

For comparison....