Anti roll bars

[robb]

Hi,

Rear antiroll bar, I have just got a GSi (1.2shell) going and it feels a bit shite at the back, is that because I have no roll bar on the back cos it's a 1.2 shell and I am used to SR shells which may have had a rear roll bar?

TBH I have never even noticed the bar on my SR!!!

Cheers

[burgo]

im sure some1 will corect me if im rong but none of em have rear anti roll bars if u have left the suspension standard theres ya prob cos im sure sr suspension is diff to standard 1.2

[robb]

It is the std 1.2 beam with a 40mm kit on, feels really dodgy!

I have an SR one soif they are different can someone confirm this please.

Ta

[burgo]

try the sr shocks on it mate

[maxpaine]

i hava a corsa A its the same that the nova SR they are differente the sr as de aa in front and back if the 1.2 is original it has not but if you fix one from a SR i think that fitt

[burgo]

errr in english plz max and the beams are the same by the way

[_JH_]

yeah lol, the beams may be the same, but some novas (eg GSi) came with a torsion bar inserted to decrease twist and act as an anti roll bar. they may have come in different sizes I don't know. I'm pretty sure all beams have the holes for them.

with an uprated suspension kit, you may want the beam to twist more therefore not needing one. its personal choice.

[burgo]

really i didnt kno that kool learnt somefing today then

[rgv_stu]

all the 1300's had them i finks
gsi/gte ones are thicker

i got 2 arbs and it dont make that much difference tbh

[robb]

In that case I will put an SR one on I have lying around, but while I am at it I may as well re paint the beam and fit my new bushes, That will sort it out!

[Ben]

GTE/GSi 24mm

SR/SRi 20mm

both pants.

[robb]

Cheers Ben...

Those wheels will probably make a difference.

[Jim]

GTE/GSi 24mm

SR/SRi 20mm

both pants.

But surely better than nothing at all?

Jim

[rgv_stu]

i got a sr one and a gte 16v one fitted and it dont make much difference

[Stuart]

you are on about the rear ARB's arent you?


if not then TAKE BOTH OFF the front lol

fit the rear one but leave the front off

[robb]

I did have the one on the front off as I hadn't fitted it at the time running a big block motor so was heavy and the car oversteered so much I couldn't keep it on the road! So i fitted one and gonna leave the rear one off cos I just fitted my wheels and it is right now.

Just gotta get a 4 wheel alignment done (rear is adjustable through washer on hub bolts, someone done it on here).

[Ben]

i got a sr one and a gte 16v one fitted and it dont make much difference

surely the Astra GTE one is too long for the nova axle?

[rgv_stu]

yeah it is ben...
i used the one which has the 2 bent ends to it. bolts to the rear of the 16v axle.

i welded some nuts to the nova rear beam and then bolted it to it

it has stiffened the beam up quite a lot , doesnt flex half as much. but out on the road i can barely tell the difference.

[Metromartin]

Hi,

Would a J reg 1,4i merit have a rear ARB if all 1.3's have.

What model novas have the rear arb's if the 1.4i dont as i never noticed the rear but it has a front.

Thanks

martin

[robb]

Read the whole thread first....


GTE/GSi 24mm

SR/SRi 20mm

both pants.

I have just encountered a problem, last nite on the way home from work my car decided to, without warning, spin on me, it's ok I was going steady and just kinda 180ed on a wide left hander.

I think it's the roll-bar (prob not) or a petrol leak on the right hand side, going onto outside tyre on a corner, TBH it felt more like ice when it went. I hardly had time for opposite lock so had to just spin it as fast as I could and stop before I hit anything.