Can anyone help me with what type of steel a sway bar is made of?
And if they know of anyone in Chch who manufactures them?
I have a mock up unit sorted out, but there are some fairly tight radius on it and I will need someone to bend the new one.
Cheers
Sway bar material?
Sway bar material?
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Re: Sway bar material?
Its spring steel
Years ago i got Roger at Bellamy & East to make me a custom sway bar for a hotrod.
Years ago i got Roger at Bellamy & East to make me a custom sway bar for a hotrod.
Re: Sway bar material?
Yep, I kinda figured Bellamys or Chamberlains would be the go. Have dome some Google work, looks like the steel is 4130 spring type stuff.
I'll go and have a chat with them, cheers.
I'll go and have a chat with them, cheers.
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Spring steels aint 4130 fella. 4130 is a higher carbon mild steel (pretty sure thats right
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Grant give Rick 4X4 accessories a ring and ask where he got mine made up.
it was cheep too
it was cheep too
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It's all good, Mark Chamberlain and I have already been on the case and started sorting something out 

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Yea Mark chamberlian is a good mate of mine and is very good at them and will give you a good deal.
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Tires are like boobs, they always look big until you have played with them for a while, then you just want a bigger set.
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Youll be lucky to find a guy with more experience than Roger at Bellamy & East... he has been there his whole working life 40 yrs !!!!