Re: 1940 110 Sway bar links?

Posted by RogerDetroit On 2013/9/30 20:06:21

Hello Joe:

Yes, I will be doing this - both my Packards need a fresh sway bar.

And from what I see in your photos my part will work with the 1940 models, but I will need to take measurements to verify that it will fit.

Your 1940 seems similarly shaped to my 1941 160 bar. Could you please take a measurement between the centers of the coin ends and send it to me?

Do you know the year for the other (rusty & larger) sway bar in your photo?

Your photos show what was done to my 120 before I purchased it. I also see that the invoice for the fix-it kit is dated 2005 - 8 years ago.

I see two issues with this kit.
1. It does not resolve the real problem and is probably WEAKER that the vulcanized part Packard made. As the coin end is not really "suspended" in the cup hole (just squeezed between two rubber donuts) it will eventually wear through the sidewall of the "cup" and the bar will pull out as shown in my photo above.
2. If your Packard is missing the sway bar altogether, then buying just a link fix-it kit only gets you halfway there.

I would be selling a total sway bar assembly that would use the existing mounting points for the OEM sway bar - no modifications at all. There was a reason that Packard improved this design in the late 1940s and I will spec that design.

Please send me a PM if you wanted to get on the waiting list - no deposit required.

Thanks, --Roger--