Re: Re: Sway Bars

[Doug Rasmussen <76075.2276@domain.elided>]

Bob Blair wrote:
>I agree Tom, hence 'Caveat Emptor' - 'Let the buyer beware'.  A blanket
statement that both bars are REQUIRED is beyond sales hype, it is pure BS.
I cited GM selling cars with only 1 bar, but I could have looked much
closer
to the digest topic - the Scout only has 1 anti-sway device; the plate
between the front shackles.
Hey, I have some understanding of suspension design; I won a regional
Auto-X
championship when the other Tom (M.) was playing with Hot Wheels :)

Bob (old fogey racer)<

Bob,

  Let me clarify the statement from Quikcor.  I saw him at a car show.  I
asked him about sway bars for my '67 800.   He looked the rig over, asked
some questions and took a bunch of measurements.  One of the bars he was
going to adapt was from a Mustang (which he had in stock).  The other bar
would  be custom made.   So, being my usual impatient self, I said I'll pay
in full now and give me the Mustang bar.   And call me in a couple of weeks
when the other one is made.

  No deal, he says.  He won't allow me to have only one bar on the vehicle.
 He claimed it would be a dangerous situation.  That's all I know about it.

  He may be ultra cautious from a liability standpoint.  I just  don't
know.  I know for sure he wanted nothing to do with a situation where I
would install only one of his bars while I was waiting for the other.

  Now, if all you vehicle handling gurus think the single sway bar issue is
BS, you haven't seen anything yet.  I heard a blurb on the radio the other
day about studded snow tires.  Turns out there is some legal precedent
determining that driving a vehicle with only two studded tires is a hazard.
 Consequently, Costco and other high volume tire dealers likely will not
sell or install ONLY two studded tires on a vehicle this winter.  It's all
four wheeels or none.  

Doug, with no sway bars or studs.