Swaybar identity
01-21-2003, 03:13 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (EleanoR)
This is actually my sway bar and I have NO idea what kind of bar it is. I was under the impression it was a Civic SI sway bar, because that is what I bought from some guy. This bar is what he sent me. Until a few weeks ago when I happened to look under an SI, and see a dinky sway bar compared to the one I got. Now, I am stumped! I don't know how to measure this bar either. Any help appreciated.
01-21-2003, 03:31 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (SilverCivic2k)
How does one measure a sway bar? What are the points which you begin and end with? Do you measure entire diameter?? I am lost.
[Modified by 96 SOHC VTEC, 12:37 AM 1/22/2003]
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01-21-2003, 03:38 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (tominos)
u measure it by the size of the bar. around. not the circumference. diameter.
01-21-2003, 03:41 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (96 SOHC VTEC)
dude, get a shoe lace, wrap it around the bar once, unwind the shoe lace, and measure with a ruler. how hard can it be to measure a freakin pipe 
01-21-2003, 03:53 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (Spoon Hybrid)
Not quite. You can't simply measure the length of a shoe lace wrapped around it. That would be circumference. When people say "22 mm" for an ITR bar, they're talking about diameter. The thing's round (no kidding), so it's slightly harder to measure.
Circumference is pi * (r ^ 2)... so, if you get a circumference (do the shoe lace thing), you could divide that by pi (3.14), then find the square root of the result. That should give you the radius of the bar. If you multply that by two, you'll get diameter of the bar. Measure your circumference in millimeters, or you'll need to convert whatever units you've got at some point.
[Modified by yobtah, 12:54 AM 1/22/2003]
Circumference is pi * (r ^ 2)... so, if you get a circumference (do the shoe lace thing), you could divide that by pi (3.14), then find the square root of the result. That should give you the radius of the bar. If you multply that by two, you'll get diameter of the bar. Measure your circumference in millimeters, or you'll need to convert whatever units you've got at some point.
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01-21-2003, 03:55 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (yobtah)
Circumference is pi * (r ^ 2)... so, if you get a circumference (do the shoe lace thing), you could divide that by pi (3.14), then find the square root of the result. That should give you the radius of the bar. If you multply that by two, you'll get diameter of the bar. Measure your circumference in millimeters, or you'll need to convert whatever units you've got at some point.
01-21-2003, 03:59 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (Spoon Hybrid)
dude, get a shoe lace, wrap it around the bar once, unwind the shoe lace, and measure with a ruler. how hard can it be to measure a freakin pipe
Harder than that. I knew that wasn't correct because I had already tried it and I came up with some crazy number!
01-21-2003, 04:36 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (EleanoR)
let's get this straight. 96 SOHC VTEC told me the circumference was 2.75 inches exactly. I did a conversion and 1 inch = 25.4 mm Soooo you take 2.75 times 25.4 to get you 69.85 as an overall circumference of the swaybar. Then if you divide 69.85/3.14 you get 22.24. So is it a 22mm bar? Did i do the math correct?
01-21-2003, 04:41 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (EleanoR)
let's get this straight. 96 SOHC VTEC told me the circumference was 2.75 inches exactly. I did a conversion and 1 inch = 25.4 mm Soooo you take 2.75 times 25.4 to get you 69.85 as an overall circumference of the swaybar. Then if you divide 69.85/3.14 you get 22.24. So is it a 22mm bar? Did i do the math correct?
01-21-2003, 04:50 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (Spoon Hybrid)
Circumference is pi * (r ^ 2)... so, if you get a circumference (do the shoe lace thing), you could divide that by pi (3.14), then find the square root of the result. That should give you the radius of the bar. If you multply that by two, you'll get diameter of the bar. Measure your circumference in millimeters, or you'll need to convert whatever units you've got at some point.
hahaha
hahaha
that doesnt look familiar to me either, it looks like the same shape and size as the itr bar but the endlinks are not the same. spoon is proboly right about it being the comptech b/c they do use a different syle endlink and the picture is showing aftermarket d-brackets and red bushings.
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01-21-2003, 04:51 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (euclid)
i really hope youre not laughing at this kid b/c he is 100% right... the bar size will be its diameter not the circumference.
01-21-2003, 04:59 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (Spoon Hybrid)
i really hope youre not laughing at this kid b/c he is 100% right... the bar size will be its diameter not the circumference.
thank you captain obvious, i really don't know why it was funny, but it was
thank you captain obvious, i really don't know why it was funny, but it was
on my part
01-21-2003, 05:01 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (96 SOHC VTEC)
that doesnt look familiar to me either, it looks like the same shape and size as the itr bar but the endlinks are not the same. spoon is proboly right about it being the comptech b/c they do use a different syle endlink and the picture is showing aftermarket d-brackets and red bushings.
I think it IS an ITR bar then. I was told it had aftermarket Comptech d-brackets and bushings.
I think it IS an ITR bar then. I was told it had aftermarket Comptech d-brackets and bushings.
EDIT: it is the comptech bar, look at the ends of it
http://www.nipponpower.com/images/comptech29.jpg
this is the factory itr bar, the ends are much thicker to put bushings in it
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/LLucas7086/itrswaybar.jpg
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01-21-2003, 05:17 PM
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Re: Swaybar identity (euclid)
If you are still trying to figure out the diameter, the simple way is to use an adjustable wrench and tighten it up around the bar, then slip the wrench off the bar and measure the distance between the 2 edges of the wrench with a ruler.
