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How-to: Adjust the Neuspeed adjustable rear sway bar (anti-roll bar)

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Re: [gti-vr6] Swaybars/Skidplate "Holland J. Phillips" <phillip3@apple> Wed, 1 Apr 1998 12:12:07 -0800
Re: [gti-vr6] Swaybars/Skidplate "Dave A." <sasakikojiro@earthlink> Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:18:27 -0800



From phillip3@mail.apple Wed, 1 Apr 1998 12:12:07 -0800
From: "Holland J. Phillips" <phillip3@apple>
To: <aqn@dev.tivoli>, "mailing list - GTI VR6" <>
Subject: Re: [gti-vr6] Swaybars/Skidplate
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 12:12:07 -0800
 

>I am not sure if the adjustability will be useful i.e.
>don't know if it'd be easy to adjust, or if I can
>figure out which way  I want to go.

Andy,
The adjustment is useful, and not very difficult.  You just
remove the bolt from the swaybar end of the end link, crack
the lock nuts that keep the Hiem joints in alignment and
screw the Hiem joint up or down to lengthen/shorten the
link, depending on which way you're adjusting the bar, and
reinstall the link to the bar in the new position.  I've
found that for aggressive street driving in dry conditions,
that the stiffest setting works best for me.  If I drove in
slippery conditions a lot, I'd probably opt for the middle,
or full soft position.


Holland
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From sasakikojiro@earthlink Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:18:27 -0800
From: "Dave A." <sasakikojiro@earthlink>
To: aqn@dev.tivoli
Subject: Re: [gti-vr6] Swaybars/Skidplate
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:18:27 -0800
 

>   I have been mulling over the adjustable rear Neuspeed bar.  I am not
>   sure if the adjustability will be useful i.e. don't know if it'd be
>   easy to adjust, or if I can figure out which way  I want to go.
>   (Yeah, I know that more roll stiffness at the rear means more traction
>   at the front/less traction at the rear.)

It' s actually quite easy to adjust, though there are only 3 adjustment
points, and I find I like it best at full stiff anyhow-  I do fine tuning
with the Koni shocks.
The adjustment in the bar is done with the bolts at the ends of the bar-  3
holes for it to go into.  You can do it without jacking up the car, though
it's easiest with two jacks, and the rear in the air, as there's no load on
the bar at all that way.

-Dave




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