When using a suspension techniques rear sway bar for a crx which holes are the stiffest position and which are the softest? Are the ones towards the front the stiffest or the ones at the back.

Also why does the postion of the holes determine the stiffness

thanks

 

The ones toward the rear of the car (when installed are the stiffiest). Think of it like a wrench...you have exert more force on a bolt you are wrenching by grabbing the wrench as far from the bolt as possible. The closer you get to the bolt, the harder (more force required) it is to turn the bolt. So to apply this to the sway bar, the ponts you attach to the chassis that the sway bar rotates in are like the bolt in my example. By using the front most holes, less force is required to rotate the sway bar. As you go back in the holes it requires more force to rotate it. This is the very someple terms of it.

EC

 

ahhh ok that sounds good...so the closer I mount the endlinks to the bend in the bar(where the bar bends to come forward) the stiffer it gets (the harder it is to twist the bar...right?).

thanks for the help

 

do any of u leave the front a lil looser to make the rear more effective in the mix?

 

the front should be loose in the sense that the end links are not completely tight, and allow about a half inch play, which is about putting the nuts flush to the end of the threads. this should help initial turn in. as told to me by our regions honda man (means he wins with hondas)

 

is this refering to the front swaybar on the crx?
-spenc

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crosser &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The ones toward the rear of the car (when installed are the stiffest). Think of it like a wrench...you have exert more force on a bolt you are wrenching by grabbing the wrench as far from the bolt as possible. The closer you get to the bolt, the harder (more force required) it is to turn the bolt. So to apply this to the sway bar, the points you attach to the chassis that the sway bar rotates in are like the bolt in my example. By using the front most holes, less force is required to rotate the sway bar. As you go back in the holes it requires more force to rotate it. This is the very simple terms of it.

EC</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks for the clarification also. I though it was just the opposite figuring on the longer the lever arm, the more "opposing action" you'd get from just leverage. Like trying to remove a frozen bolt. Longer the wrench, more leverage, easier to get off..

Thanks for the help.... Maybe this year the car will do WELL in VA... Last year ran the car all the way from NJ with : sway bar too loose, timing off 2 teeth, and intermittent miss in igniter caused by loose blue wire at coil.

See ya next month..

Jeff
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holy old threads batman!

 

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Thanks for the clarification also. I though it was just the opposite figuring on the longer the lever arm, the more "opposing action" you'd get from just leverage. Like trying to remove a frozen bolt. Longer the wrench, more leverage, easier to get off..

Thanks for the help.... Maybe this year the car will do WELL in VA... Last year ran the car all the way from NJ with : sway bar too loose, timing off 2 teeth, and intermittent miss in igniter caused by loose blue wire at coil.

See ya next month..

Jeff
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this does make more sence. can anyone explain this in uber detail??????????/