Re: 1940 110 Sway bar links?
Posted by RogerDetroit On 2013/9/30 8:52:03
Hello 40Pacrat:
Maybe we need to talk. I am working on reproducing the front stabilizer assembly for all 1941 & 1942 models. This is on page 274 of the Parts List book as 13.1001 Stabilizer Assembly (Front) and part numbers 358162 and 358163.
I would like to see your stabilizer bar to see if what I am building will also fit the 1940 models, too.
Both my 1941 160 and 120 need this bar assembly. Packard manufactured this as a one-piece assembly. There is the stabilizer bar and two links, one for each side. The bar was formed with flattened "coin" ends. Each link is treaded at one end with two, rubber donuts that compress around the frame part. The other end has an oval slot that accepted the coin end of the bar and is vulcanized togher as one assembly. After being vulcanized together a cap was pressed onto the top of the link to hold everything in place. Over time the rubber breaks down and the bar pulls away from the link.
Attached is a photo of the problem. The broken link as at the top and the half of the two, rubber donut connection is seen at the bottom.
Some folks have tried to remanufacture the link end by welding the coin hole and inserting rubber pellets in the link end instead of vulcanizing. And instead of a pressed in cap, they drill a hole through the link end and insert a cotter pin to hold the pellets in place. Frankly, this is a very poor and costly ($450) fix. This is what was done to my 120 before I purchased it.
My project is to manufacture a whole new stabilizer bar assembly, but omit the coin end and have a larger end with a hole to accept a link that would have two, rubber donuts at each end. Packard went to this design in the late 1940s. I have contacted PAC to see if this would be a problem during judging and they decided that was a safety issue to keep the car from swaying that it would not cause any points being deducted.
I am in the final stages and should have this ready by January or February of 2014 and ready to install for next summer's driving season. This would be a bolt-on bar assembly using all the same tapped/drilled holes by Packard, with NO modifications needed. My target price point will be determined by production volume, but it should be no more than $300.
Please PM me if you are interested.
By the way, you are lucky you noticed that you have a sway bar. A lot of times the bar failed and because replacement parts were not available it was never put back on. I cannot tell you how many 1941s I've seen that are missing this part and the owner never knew it should have been there.
--RogerDetroit--
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Maybe we need to talk. I am working on reproducing the front stabilizer assembly for all 1941 & 1942 models. This is on page 274 of the Parts List book as 13.1001 Stabilizer Assembly (Front) and part numbers 358162 and 358163.
I would like to see your stabilizer bar to see if what I am building will also fit the 1940 models, too.
Both my 1941 160 and 120 need this bar assembly. Packard manufactured this as a one-piece assembly. There is the stabilizer bar and two links, one for each side. The bar was formed with flattened "coin" ends. Each link is treaded at one end with two, rubber donuts that compress around the frame part. The other end has an oval slot that accepted the coin end of the bar and is vulcanized togher as one assembly. After being vulcanized together a cap was pressed onto the top of the link to hold everything in place. Over time the rubber breaks down and the bar pulls away from the link.
Attached is a photo of the problem. The broken link as at the top and the half of the two, rubber donut connection is seen at the bottom.
Some folks have tried to remanufacture the link end by welding the coin hole and inserting rubber pellets in the link end instead of vulcanizing. And instead of a pressed in cap, they drill a hole through the link end and insert a cotter pin to hold the pellets in place. Frankly, this is a very poor and costly ($450) fix. This is what was done to my 120 before I purchased it.
My project is to manufacture a whole new stabilizer bar assembly, but omit the coin end and have a larger end with a hole to accept a link that would have two, rubber donuts at each end. Packard went to this design in the late 1940s. I have contacted PAC to see if this would be a problem during judging and they decided that was a safety issue to keep the car from swaying that it would not cause any points being deducted.
I am in the final stages and should have this ready by January or February of 2014 and ready to install for next summer's driving season. This would be a bolt-on bar assembly using all the same tapped/drilled holes by Packard, with NO modifications needed. My target price point will be determined by production volume, but it should be no more than $300.
Please PM me if you are interested.
By the way, you are lucky you noticed that you have a sway bar. A lot of times the bar failed and because replacement parts were not available it was never put back on. I cannot tell you how many 1941s I've seen that are missing this part and the owner never knew it should have been there.
--RogerDetroit--
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