Measuring for anti roll bar help?
12-01-2014, 07:48 PM
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Measuring for anti roll bar help? So I called MWC to order a rear anti roll bar and they told me to measure my rear sway bar brackets from hole to hole on the rear end. I have a factory rear sway bar in the car now so I'm confused why they're asking for this? Does the anti roll bar not fit on stock mounting locations? I came up with roughly 30 1/2" doesnt that sound right? Its hard to measure because it isn't a straight shot.
12-01-2014, 10:05 PM
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The race style ARB has the side to side movement limited by the bushing in the brackets. The measurement of the bracket holes is important so there is no excessive movement with the ARB within it's mounts.
The MWC design is superior to the other styles out there that are mounted in a basic poly bushing. The poly bushing type mount will allow the bar to move to one side or the other which will effectively change chassis preload, and then the car will consistently try to drive to one side or the other. Correct bit and then the bar moves to the other side and so on...
Easiest way to measure bracket centers is attach some sort of plumb bob to the center of each bracket and measure between the strings
The MWC design is superior to the other styles out there that are mounted in a basic poly bushing. The poly bushing type mount will allow the bar to move to one side or the other which will effectively change chassis preload, and then the car will consistently try to drive to one side or the other. Correct bit and then the bar moves to the other side and so on...
Easiest way to measure bracket centers is attach some sort of plumb bob to the center of each bracket and measure between the strings
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12-02-2014, 08:18 AM
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Also, I had to elongate my holes slightly to fit on my 12 bolt. I told Eric about this but never followed up to see if the issue had been found as to why I had to do that.
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The race style ARB has the side to side movement limited by the bushing in the brackets. The measurement of the bracket holes is important so there is no excessive movement with the ARB within it's mounts.
The MWC design is superior to the other styles out there that are mounted in a basic poly bushing. The poly bushing type mount will allow the bar to move to one side or the other which will effectively change chassis preload, and then the car will consistently try to drive to one side or the other. Correct bit and then the bar moves to the other side and so on...
Easiest way to measure bracket centers is attach some sort of plumb bob to the center of each bracket and measure between the strings
The MWC design is superior to the other styles out there that are mounted in a basic poly bushing. The poly bushing type mount will allow the bar to move to one side or the other which will effectively change chassis preload, and then the car will consistently try to drive to one side or the other. Correct bit and then the bar moves to the other side and so on...
Easiest way to measure bracket centers is attach some sort of plumb bob to the center of each bracket and measure between the strings