TR6 Is this a TR6 rear sway bar?

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OK guys - hit me with some knowledge....

 

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One more

(Sorry for the lousy pictures - taken on my Blackberry)

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Hey Skip,

Ok, I will bite.

I say no. The angle looks too severe to mount as it should on the rear frame....from the photos anyway.

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Here is a pick of the rear bar I have installed on mine for comparison purposes...

To me,it looks more like a front sway bar for a TR3.....

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd

 

[bgbassplyr]

I don't recall ever having seen one with 2 mounting points on each end.

Jim

 

[TR3driver]

I don't recall ever having seen one with 2 mounting points on each end.

I've never seen one like that on a Triumph, but some GM cars do it that way. Both points fasten solidly to the A-arm; so the bar has to deflect even if the A-arms move together. Thus the bar is adding overall spring rate as well as roll stiffness.

Just a WAG, but I'd guess they do it that way for simplicity (low cost) and possibly also so the same main springs can be used for both standard and 'sport' suspensions. The stiffer bar for the sport option also increases the spring rate.

 

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Hi guys - thanks for the ideas. When I was (finally) cleaning up the 1971 TR6 shell I found that next to a new front sway bar and some other bits from TRF. It may well be a stray part, but everything else was correct for the TR6 so I'm wondering if it was from some other vendor but intended for a TR?

 

[DNK]

Over axle bar?

 

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Hi Don - I was wondering that myself. I need to grab some measurements and report back.

Nice icon by the way.

BTW - how the TR7/8 coming along?

 

[DNK]

BTW - how the TR7/8 coming along?

GRUMBLE,GRUMBLE,GRUMBLE

 

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