Internal sway bar... stupid or possible?

[MattKab]

Very nice arms. I like how the old boss bears load.

Just to make a point about the Red9 kit mentioned earlier, the bars that pass through the torsion housing each have a bearing at each end.

Matt

[Panelfantastic]

Put about 50 miles on the bus today.
Everything about the suspension seems to working as planned. The ride is very firm but not jarring. The new internal bars helped tame the frontend a bunch, not go-cart stiff, but a lot better than before.
Unfortunately it brings to light the other weakness. The steering is pityful. '59 stock bus box trying to swing wide meats, 14 turns lock to lock with a 24 inch steering wheel. It's actually a little scary at speed. I don't really have much of a solution for this part of it.

Oh, and it is still overheating. Just as bad as before I added the second rad and all that work.



Jeff-

Jeff-
Glad to hear the control arms are holding well.
To bad the heating problem still exists.

I did some research this weekend and I know exactly how I am going to adjust my control arms. That will be a little different like you did.
The same for the internal sway bar, however I do not know exactly how I am going to hold the lower control arms together, but that will find a way out too.

Do you have any pictures of how the set-up looks now? Please post them if so.

Good luck with finding a solution for your heating problem.

Luuk

My modified control arms:

[Panelfantastic]

NICE! Looks a lot more elegant than my design. I was trying to find some of the latest pics of mine but will have to post them later.


Jeff-

Thanks Jeff,

This is how it looked like, before welding:




Now I have to find a solution for my internal sway bar...

Luuk

[wrenchnride247]

That is one clean set-up Skywalker! Great job! :agree: