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I killed a sway-bar, Pics |
Jetsetsurfshop |
Sep 1 2021, 07:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 814 Joined: 7-April 11 From: Marco Island Florida Member No.: 12,907 Region Association: South East States |
I thought I'd share these pics. I never believed that a sway-bar would break. Anyone else seen this before?
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Jetsetsurfshop |
Sep 2 2021, 07:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 814 Joined: 7-April 11 From: Marco Island Florida Member No.: 12,907 Region Association: South East States |
More pics. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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stownsen914 |
Sep 2 2021, 09:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 913 Joined: 3-October 06 From: Ossining, NY Member No.: 6,985 Region Association: None |
That's impressive.
Sometimes it's hard to tell after the fact, but is there any obvious sign of damage that might have led to the fracture. Sometimes if you clean it up well and look closely at the failed part, you can tell where the crack started and look for a stress riser like scoring on the surface or some other damage. Another thing I've noticed - I've set up a 911 and 914 with the through body front swaybar, and both of them had significant binding at triangular bushing mounts. Basically the vertical surfaces that the mount bolt to weren't parallel, so when mounted the bar really bound up to the point that I couldn't move it by hand at all. I had to put washers under two of the three triangular bushing mounts, on both sides of the car, to get them parallel. |
Jetsetsurfshop |
Sep 2 2021, 10:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 814 Joined: 7-April 11 From: Marco Island Florida Member No.: 12,907 Region Association: South East States |
That's impressive. Sometimes it's hard to tell after the fact, but is there any obvious sign of damage that might have led to the fracture. Sometimes if you clean it up well and look closely at the failed part, you can tell where the crack started and look for a stress riser like scoring on the surface or some other damage. Another thing I've noticed - I've set up a 911 and 914 with the through body front swaybar, and both of them had significant binding at triangular bushing mounts. Basically the vertical surfaces that the mount bolt to weren't parallel, so when mounted the bar really bound up to the point that I couldn't move it by hand at all. I had to put washers under two of the three triangular bushing mounts, on both sides of the car, to get them parallel. We had to washer up mine to get it to move smoothly. When I removed what was left of the bar it moved great. No binding what so ever. I did find a video from a recent event where a dropped the passenger front wheel in turn one at Sebring. It was a pretty hard thud. Maybe I cracked it then?? The funny part if that I had a spin the next lap. I remember thinking that I wasn't really offline and the spin shouldn't have happened. I'll work on the video tonight. Maybe we have a smoking gun. |
stownsen914 |
Sep 2 2021, 11:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 913 Joined: 3-October 06 From: Ossining, NY Member No.: 6,985 Region Association: None |
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