Finally ...

OK,

So I have this neighbor that works for a LARGE MACHINERY
manufacturer here. He saw teh way the Hotchkis anti-sway
bar endlinks didn't line up very well with either the stock LCA
nor the new Western Chassis ones.

"No problemo!" says Jerry.

"OK, great!" says I.

Here's the results.

Can't somebody let Hotchkis know they are an inch and an eigth
too short on the bend?



Top shot ...

 

Tim, Thoughts?

 

My first thought was to get rid of those Bilsteins! I have them on now while I'm waiting to send the QA1s off for revalving/rebuilding/shaf length changing. No contest. The QA1s provide much better control, especially when cranked up for a nice, smooth track.

But as to the subject at hand -- won't the bushings still have uneven pressure? I would have expected a tab welded to the LCA to get the hole vertically under the stabar hole.

 

Well, there isn't any ROOM to go that way, Tim ... The spring is
right in the way. That's why I know the Hotchkis "spread" is at
fault. I don't know how else to realign it. I don't think the
pressure would deformt he urethane very much would it?

 

XMP and I are working on designing a plate to reposition the two front grease mounts rearward. I think this should be enough to get everything aligned correctly, but we'll see.


I'm going back there next weekend to take some measurements.

 

Speed,

The bar needs to be "spread" some more. it's basically
2 inches too small wingtip to wingtip. (or the Boone and
Crockett needs to go up a few points !!!)

The front-rear measurent could be about a half inch better.