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HamiltonLambo
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JUL 17, 02:26 PM
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Hello - my sway bar setup is different than what I have seen on others here.
My links are either breaking (twice already) or bending.
Is there a sway bar I can buy locally (Canada) as the shipping costs are very high from US due to size.
Can I use my existing bar and put some sort of adapter that would work based on your experience?
Here are the picks of my front sway bar and the links. In going through posts on this board, the links look similar to the ones used on the back.
Any help/insight you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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Patrick
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JUL 17, 04:55 PM
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HamiltonLambo
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JUL 17, 05:00 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
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Sorry for not specifying.
1987 Fiero, 4cylinder but it now has a 3800 with supercharger.
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Patrick
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JUL 17, 05:20 PM
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Front factory sway bars for '84-'87 are still relatively plentiful. Has a rear sway bar been fitted to your '87 Fiero? [This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 07-17-2022).]
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PhatMax
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JUL 17, 05:38 PM
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I have an 85 and the set up is different. The ends of mine are flattened……sort of oval…. Then a hole in the middle where the bolt goes thru.
There is also a ply bushings on top and bottom. So unless I’m missing something yours looks solid mounted too.
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cvxjet
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JUL 17, 05:40 PM
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I have the bar from my 85 SE V6....I actually replaced it with....an 87 GT bar which is slightly smaller (Less understeer)....but I live in the SF bay area.
My front bar is rubber mounted while my rear bar (88 suspension/bar) is mounted with RD zero-lash links. My theory is that when you first turn in the rear bar is working while the front bar is still isolated by the rubber bushings, making the car a bit more "Over-steery" so it turns in better....but as the "G"s build up, the front bar starts to work, backing the car off to a more "Under-steery" situation which is safer.
My car's steering response is MUCH better than stock, but the DTO (Drop-throttle-oversteer) situation is actually more mild- the tail doesn't try to come around...cut the throttle in a turn and the car just tightens the line a bit inward (Just what you want)
I have a thread on what I did; https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/140674.html
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HamiltonLambo
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JUL 17, 08:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Front factory sway bars for '84-'87 are still relatively plentiful. Has a rear sway bar been fitted to your '87 Fiero?
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It seems that way but I am still learning my way around Fieros (or at least the Fiero Chassis). I have been working on my car for past several years rebuilding it.
I manage product quality so this mechanic stuff is all new to me and learning as I go.
With the help from the experts here and YouTube, I have been able to figure out most of the work (and there is lot more lol).
If i am being honest here and to give you an idea of my mechanical knowledge, I did not know what a sway bar did until I read up on it here and looked up some videos.
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HamiltonLambo
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JUL 17, 11:21 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
I have the bar from my 85 SE V6....I actually replaced it with....an 87 GT bar which is slightly smaller (Less understeer)....but I live in the SF bay area.
I have a thread on what I did; https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/140674.html |
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I read all the info in the link you forwarded.
Very detailed and technical. Amazing read.
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theogre
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JUL 17, 11:46 PM
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Top is an Aftermarket bar and likely made and/or install wrong is why it breaks end links.
Plus heavy bar puts a lot of load on end links and everything else turning the car and hitting potholes adding to failures.
Be glad it only break end links.
Can tear up control arms, break support brackets for middle and more when those fail.
Finding/making strong end links can just move to next weak part to fail as list above too.------------------
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cam-a-lot
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JUL 18, 08:31 AM
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Check out http://niagarafieros.com/
Ian is a good guy, should have sway bar close to you.
PM me your phone number and we can add you to Whatsapp technical chat locally as well
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