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940 Wagon Anti-sway bars

posted by  spook on  Sun May 25 10:42 CST 2008
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Dear Fellow Brickboarders,

May this find you well. I just installed an IPD rear anti-sway bar on a '94 940 wagon. The FAQs were quite helpful!

Three issues:
(a) the factory installed rear anti-sway bar measures 16mm in diameter (the front anti-sway bar is 23mm). I had thought that the factory spec for the rear bar was 19mm. Is it not so, that the 16mm diameter bar is for a sedan (rear)?
(b) I installed a 25mm IPD rear anti-sway bar. Is is a problem to have that bar paired with a 23mm factory-installed front anti-sway bar? I have the 25mm IPD unit and will put it in, if there's a compelling reason to do so.
(c) when I removed the shock bolts - having first put a jackstand under the rear axle - I expected the shock absorbers to extend. They didn't. Is that a sign of failed shocks? The body rebounds pretty smartly, if I press down on the corner of bumper.

Thanks for your help. I'm much obliged.

Yours faithfully,

Spook








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    940 Wagon Anti-sway bars

    posted by  hardknocks! on  Sun May 25 13:48 CST 2008
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    Hello
    i have a 94 945 and i put a ipd 25mm on the front and left the rear stock bar on for now. when i get time to put the lowering springs i will put the rear 25mm bar on. the bigger bar in the rear and a smaller bar in front will make the back end slide sideways more easily which is not what is inteneded for safety.
    i done 5 or 6 ipd sways and dont remember the shocks dropping.
    i dont know for sure about the factory sizes of sways but i seen quite a variety on Junkyard care.
    some wagons didnt even get a rear sway bar.
    good luck
    Mike








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    940 Wagon Anti-sway bars

    uid 55's pic
    posted by  john sargent on  Sun May 25 11:10 CST 2008
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    The IPD sway bars are meant to be installed as a set. Installing just the 25mm rear sway bar with the 23mm front sway bar can cause oversteering.
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    john







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