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US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

(OP)
I'd been thinking that the first factory installation of a rear anti-roll bar was around 1964 in the Olds 442 and possibly Studebaker Avanti.

Recently I read that the 1955 Studebaker Speedster had an ARB fitted from the factory.

Anybody know the truth?

Dan T

RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

Does the self levelling feature in the "D" series Citroen introduced in 1955 count as an anti roll bar

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RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

Greg

Where does he specify "made in USA"

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RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

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The pre-62 Studebaker Hawks apparently had no X member.
Not sure about rear ARB yet
http://www.studebaker-info.org/tech/Diagrams/H5961F.JPG
Legend has it the "coupe" hawks were more solid than the hard top hawks, perhaps confirming that, intentionally or not, the body contributed to the structure.

The Avanti had a rear ARB, an X member, and looks to be a batch more body mounts, but of course the fiberglass body
http://www.studebaker-info.org/tech/Diagrams/AV6384F.JPG

RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

Opps

I just read the heading.

Clearly says US.

I will go sit in the corner for a while.

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RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

Grins. gotcha.

That X through the centre is a vitally important part for the torsional stiffness.

However, it looks to be an I beam, a rather curious choice for a torsion member - it does actually work in bending, but if you are chasing torsional stiffness, and they weren't as you can see from the other details, you make everything out of box and tube.


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RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history



Wow!! Many thanks to everyone. My company manufactures this product, and I have showed the pictures and everything to my mates.

Very, very interesting.

And, on a side note, I like the Studebaker, what a cool car!!

RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

Tmoose, you might have a communication problem if you start talking about an "anti-roll bar" with someone involved with dragracing. It might be better if you stick with "swaybar" or "anti-sway bar." In dragracing, they've finally realized that, with a RWD beam axle car, rear wheel loading is more equal if the ratio of front roll stiffness to rear roll stiffness can be reduced. The result is that which they call an "anti-roll bar." This is a rear swaybar with an absurdly high rate and adjustable links for static preloading. The rate is so high that the supplier strongly recommends that it be "connected" only during competition at the dragstrip.

RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

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Greg L wrote
"That X through the centre is a vitally important part for the torsional stiffness.

However, it looks to be an I beam, a rather curious choice for a torsion member - it does actually work in bending, but if you are chasing torsional stiffness, and they weren't as you can see from the other details, you make everything out of box and tube."

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My well worn copy of Lincoln Electric's "Procedure handbook for ARC Welding" has a section on designing for arc welding.
The attachment is a few sections describing X members in some configurations being subjected to bending when the main frame is being twisted.  I have not done any modeling to understand if a Studebaker frame-with-X-member's geometry falls in that category.

Dan T

RE: US rear sway bar / anti roll bar history

I'm pretty sure it will, I did a 55 Tbird which has a fairly similar layout.

Cheers

Greg Locock

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