Re: Front Anti-Sway Bar - Washers?

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

It can SEEM like you need to elongate the holes, but you don't.  If you look 
at the studs on the upper strut bearings, you will notice that they do not 
make a perfect 90 degree angle with the ground.  So the top of the stud is 
not directly on top of the lower part.  This causes the stress bar 
installation to be slightly less than straight forward.  But it is easy to 
work the stress bar around the bolt angles.  Just don't put the bar all the 
way down on one or two bolts before you try to engage the other bolts.  Once 
the stress bar passes the angled part of the bolts, it sits directly in the 
correct spot on the strut towers.  If you need to elongate holes, your 
chassis is not true.

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Champagne Edition


>Peter wrote:
> > ...And usually you have to elongate the holes on the upper STRESS BAR.
> > If you don't it will stress the studs in the strut mounts...
>
>Peter,
>Are you sure? Hmmmm.... I've had one of these on at least 5 different A1
>VW's and have never had this problem.
>I would assume that if the chassis is straight, and unbent it should fit
>correctly. When you tighten down the nuts, the stress should be transfered
>to the chassis sheetmetal, and the strut bearing housing through the studs.
>If you slot the mounting holes you are giving the bar the oportunity to
>slide around (if the nuts aren't REAL tight). Maybe I'm all wet on this
>matter (well at least my socks still are from washing my Scirocco) but this
>is how I understand it.
>HTH
>
>Randy B
>81 Cosmos Scirocco S - future project
>81 Mars Scirocco S - tt 1847cc 8V
>87 gold Scirocco 16V - soon to be a 2.0

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