Re: [ihc] Scout II front end question

[william cunningham <slypigs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No shimmy, no wander, no problem, but as you know every Scout has its 
own quirks. I don't  think the bar is your common steel, hard to cut and 
drill compared to most. It would take a heck of a hit to bend one, I hit 
a stump with my bar at 5 mph in 4 low and all it did was...nothing but 
stop me dead.

No snow here in town but I can see it up on the mountain.

John M. Adams wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
>>william cunningham
>>Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 9:32 PM
>>To: John M. Adams
>>Cc: Ryan Moore; Howard R Pletcher; ihc-digest@domain.elided
>>Subject: Re: [ihc] Scout II front end question
>>
>>
>>John,
>>
>>Sorry to jump in late.
>> I and many others do not have the bar anymore, I could not feel any
>>change in stability when I removed mine, YMMV. In fact my front shackles
>>(1/2 inch lift) are made from the "swaybar" I removed. I don't know what
>>type of steel that bar is made of but it seems like it may be spring
>>steel, anyone know?
>>
>>Willy
>>77 SS II
>>71 800 B
>>
>
>I was wondering how one dealt with the bar with lengthened shackles. There's
>not much room for new holes on those brackets... With yours removed, do you
>get any of the shimmy that Howard was talking about? I would also like to
>know what type of steel; if I do restore the flat bar, I should try to match
>the tension of the original.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John A.
>
>P.S. Any snow down there yet? Getting cold up here, but nothing's stuck so
>far...