Re: 1948 22nd Series : Damper to rear sway bar

Posted by Michael Evans On 2014/12/18 12:32:43

I have now got the whole thing off the car - photos show that we have put the "THING" into a vice and taken out a self-tapping screw which seems to be for putting in new oil ? (very strange begging the question "do other owner's cars have this screw" ?) - we have put oil in and for a while we thought we had got the problem sorted as we had good pressure when moving it inwards then out again - but no in a short time the pressure stopped and actually the oil seems to leach out of the whole body of the hydraulic unit !!! - is this possible that the whole unit is so old and past it's life that the oil can just soak out ? Answers please.

We have taken on board the suggestion that we graft on some sort of spring or an adapted shock absorber but this sounds pretty far fetched - if someone has done this then let us all into the secret of how please ?

Most conventional sway bars (anti roll bars in the UK) do NOT have a hydraulic piece at one end like these on my Packard - could it be that a more simple way to overcome my problem would be to do away with the hydraulic bit and adapt the rest to a conventional sway bar ?

Look forward to any and all comments please.

Best regards Michael

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