Does anyone know if the 850R came with a rear Sway bar ? What the part# is ? Is it as good as the Ipd Bar ? Any imput is appreciated. Can it work on stock 850 1995 ?
Thanks Much

Don't know if it came with a rear sway bar. IPD has had lots of problems making one that wouldn't break when subjected to the Delta Link rear end forces.

A recent IPD flyer states they're working with another engineering and suspension firm to try and solve the problems. The new partner has test and design equipment IPD doesn't.

Those who have standing orders for the rear bars will get the new ones at no extra charge but in order to offset the new R&D costs, the price will be substantially higher for new orders.

Sounds like if they get it right and you have an order pending you'll get a deal. On the other hand, this has been going on since the beginning of the year and I wonder how much more effort they can justify expending on an aftermarket item that has become so problematic.

Sounds like a great Mechanical Engineering challenge for some bright young student.
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Erwin in Memphis, '95 855t

I have a T5 with the sport suspension but use iPd bars and I just happened to pull my old bars out this weekend because I'm replacing my front bar bushings and as you know there has been a problem with the iPd bars fracturing and so wanted the old bars available if a crack is discovered.

Didn't see a p.n. but they seem to be color coded with yellow paint splotches, I'd guess to distinguish them on the line from the standard bar. The rear bar doesn't really LOOK LIKE a rear sway bar, but if you think about the geometry you can see that's what it is! I've heard some claim that some 855-V70 wagons don't have a rear bar, I think they probably all do, it's just that they don't look like "normal" rear bars. The front bar is slightly less beefy than the factory front bar, both the Volvo factory sport bar and the iPd bars seem much thinner than the factory-sport bars on the P-car, which are about as thick as a broom handle.

I also looked to Addco (huge sway bar manufacturer) they have bars for just about everything except Volvos!!!

FWIW.

-bill d cat

'98 V70T5M, white, 104k mi., sport suspension, Mobil-1, iPd stabilizer bars with squeaky bushings, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, Dunlop SP 5000s, Valentine-1, new poltergeist in hvac system

'86 944NA ("that other 944") Zermatt Silver, 56k mi. factory sport suspension, factory 7" and 8" Fuchs forged wheels, Boston Acoustics, Valentine-1, Yokohama AVS ES 100, most controllable teenager in the household...

Others, too...

i believe it did not come with a rear bar. ipd was a new improved bar the former one had problems with it snapping in half so they have a new design.

dan

I believe the R series all had rear sway bars. The NA and Turbo applications may or may not have. Often the wagons did not.

I have heard the IPD anti-sway bars will be completed by the end of the year, but you never know.
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Brandon
95 854T 92k
Pictures =)

I own one, and yes it did.
Suspension
MacPherson strut with asymmetrically mounted coil springs, hydraulic shock absorbers, 20 mm stabilizer bar.
Delta-Link semi-independent rear suspension with coil springs, gas-filled shock absorbers,19.5 mm stabilizer bar

I saw one from IPD on eBay

wrong. it's IPD springs, there's a set of anti-sway bar from 850R, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1871467005

I hEAR THE IPD rear bars break frequently, Who has had good luck with the stock sway bars not breaking