i have a 64 corvair and it has the front sway bar, where the clamps are do they need a bushing their? if so where can i get them?

Yes, they need a spool-shaped bushing. Clarks and other Corvair vendors sell them.

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and the clamps are really hard to put on with a fresh bushing. frustrating

Billy T.
San Luis Obispo, CA
64 Monza Spyder
(non-turbo)

Install new bushings. Close the clamps with large Channel-lock pliers. Then install the bolt's. Front wheels off the ground to reduce some of the tension on sway bar.

Corventure Dave

Here is a photo of passenger side

Mark M
Project: 64 Spyder Convertible
1st Vair: 65 Corsa 140
St. Louis, MO
Show Me Corvair Club &
CORSA member

"If it's not broken, you're not driving it hard enough"

mine doesn't have a clamp like that on the end. it has a metal tab that goes into a slot on one end and is bolted down on the other, this is hard to install.

Billy T.
San Luis Obispo, CA
64 Monza Spyder
(non-turbo)

Billdozer Wrote:
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> mine doesn't have a clamp like that on the end. it
> has a metal tab that goes into a slot on one end
> and is bolted down on the other, this is hard to
> install.

Pretty sure they are the same. That top piece of what you call the clamp is a curved "tab" and the end toward the front of the car goes into a slot.

Mark M
Project: 64 Spyder Convertible
1st Vair: 65 Corsa 140
St. Louis, MO
Show Me Corvair Club &
CORSA member

"If it's not broken, you're not driving it hard enough"

Holy mackeral Mark M, those strut bushings are shot too

Mel Wrote:
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> Holy mackeral Mark M, those strut bushings are
> shot too

Yeah, pretty bad, huh? Ya' think maybe that's where the "klunk" was coming from when I made hard right turns? All rebuilt now and looking better. And the klunk is gone!

Mark M
Project: 64 Spyder Convertible
1st Vair: 65 Corsa 140
St. Louis, MO
Show Me Corvair Club &
CORSA member

"If it's not broken, you're not driving it hard enough"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2011 06:16AM by Mark M.

Buttt you removed all the natural Patina! I see on the antique shows that you are not supposed to remove the Patina!

Har Har

Corventure Dave

Don't worry, there are plenty of "big buck" cars out there with their natural patina.
Remember - they are only original once!!
Here ya go, I got some patina for ya...

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Dan Davis ~ Pierce County, WA ~ CCF admin ~
CORSA +Corvairs NW + North Cascades Corvairs + Corvanatics
1966 Corsa Turbo coupe ~ ~ 1966 Corsa 140 Coupe ~ ~ 1965 Monza 140/4 Convertible Sierra Tan/Fawn ~ 1964 Monza Spyder Convertible ~ 1960 Monza Ermine White/Red PG ++ ~ 1965 Monza 140/4 CoupeEvening Orchid w/ ivory/black interior ~ 1962 Monza Wagon 102/4 ~ 1963 Rampside/Scamper ~ 1963 Red/Greenbrier ~ 1969 Ultra Van #468

I just replaced all the front sway bar and find the brackets from the chassis to the bar are hitting the frame is this normal?

lostsole69 Wrote:
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> I just replaced all the front sway bar and find the brackets from the chassis to the bar are hitting the frame is this normal?

No. But, you probably need to supply pictures for anyone to figure it out. Or, look at the pic above.

Not familiar with EM suspension. Brackets in correct position?