'56 Rear Stabiliser Bar

Posted by John Payne On 2014/6/24 2:30:14

Rather than confuse things with the trailing arm bushes topic, I thought it might be better to start a new one about the stabiliser bar (watts linkage). Accordingly, I have copied my last post on that topic to this new one:

"I'm starting to do my homework regarding the possibility of using polyurethane bushes for the rear stabiliser bar. However, I've come up with a quandry and need some expert advice. When I refurbished the bar on my Patrician a few years ago I actually had two bars, one of which came on the car and one which I was given as a spare. Unfortunately I can't recall which one I recoe'd but I think it was the one which came with the car. At that time I didn't realise '55 and '56 bars had different part numbers ('56 = 6480534 & '55 = 445831). So the question is, what's the difference between the two bars as I might have one of each? Is it something readily identifiable? If I'm going to run with polyurethane I want make sure I do it on a '56 bar".

Cheers, John