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On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 19:45, Jim Adney wrote: > I've never actually seen one of these, so it's never been clear to me exactly > what they do or how they do it. > > Do these just stiffen up both sides of the rear suspension independently, or > do they couple forces from one side to the other as a sway bar would? They have a plate that bolts to the solid differential housing. In the center of that, is a rubber bushing. To this rubber bushing, is mounted a leaf spring, going side to side. The ends of this spring is connected to buy stiff rubber straps over each axle. As the body starts to roll in a turn, the wheel that is being loaded, pulls down on the opposite wheel. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~