DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2001, Message #138

Dear Mike,

        In my limited experience with spherebar (sphereball?), I also noted
that there isn't much room back there.  When I had the corner wgts set on my
car, the SCCA mechanic tweaked the rear sway bar by using shims or spacers
underneath the chassis mounting points for the rear sway bar, not on the a
arm underneath the spherebar (sphereball?) unit.
        Perhaps Gary Roys could educate us on the proper way to approach
this.

                I dunno. I just drive'em,  Chuck Engles


----- Original Message -----
From: <MikeLDrew@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: Spherebar problem...


> John (pretending to be Mary) Taphorn wrote:
>
> >For
> my installation, I cut spacers out of plastic the shape of the base of the
> spherebar  until the gap was filled.  Then using longer bolts, I mounted
> spherebar with spacers to the A-arm.  Utilizing this methodology neither
the
> bar or the suspension is bound at desired ride height.
>
> >>>Yes.  But now, almost assuredly, your driveshafts will smack right into
> your spherebar mounting bolts when you suspension is unloaded.  Jack the
rear
> end of your car off the ground, then try to turn the rear wheels.
>
> CLUNK!
>
> At least, that's MY problem, and I know several others have run into it
too.
> The spherebar mount is too tall to fit properly.  Raising them even higher
as
> you did is asking for trouble, probably....
>
> And this is with stock driveshafts; aftermarket units are physically
larger
> and the problem becomes worse.
>
> Sigh....
>
> Mike