Stock rear sway bar

racingnismo · Oct 7th, 2003, 10:30 AM

MAIN QUESTION:
Hey guys I just was curious to know what diameter the stock rear sway bar is of the B12?

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Since I don't have a slide rule clamp thinga-majig:
I took a string my rear sway bar last night and and found that the circumference to be about 8 cm. Then I took the equation C=pi*d and changed for d. Wich is d= pi/c which came out with 2.54 cm. So according to my "awesome" calculations I have a 25.4mm stock rear sway bar??? I think that is kinda big and wrong, but the measurements don't lie do they?

MyClunkyAss12er · Oct 7th, 2003, 04:07 PM

yeah thats wrong cause my upgraded one is 26.5 and its damn near huge compared to the old one. if i remember right the back on is 22mm stock. dont quote me on that though

minute rice sentra · Oct 7th, 2003, 05:40 PM

i just measured mine with dial calipers and it's .955" or 2.42cm

Myetball · Oct 7th, 2003, 06:28 PM

I believe it's called a vernier caliper.

Galimba1 · Oct 7th, 2003, 06:42 PM

not unless its got a dial readout?

oh, and by conversions: 25.4mm = 1in

you've got a 1" swaybar in the back. Not humongous, but at least you've got one.

minute rice sentra · Oct 7th, 2003, 07:14 PM

I've got both types of calipers. I've measured it in three different places with my dial calipers(the type with a dial), vernier calipers(the type with a sliding scale), and a pair of dial calipers from vo-tech and they all read the same>>>0.955 which is 2.4257cm
I guess the general measurement for the swaybar is approximate and was never ment to be very precise. Oh well.

Webfoot · Oct 7th, 2003, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by minute rice sentra
I've got both types of calipers. I've measured it in three different places with my dial calipers(the type with a dial), vernier calipers(the type with a sliding scale), and a pair of dial calipers from vo-tech and they all read the same>>>0.955 which is 2.4257cm
I guess the general measurement for the swaybar is approximate and was never ment to be very precise. Oh well.

Looks like 1.055 inches as measured where the busing goes.
This is a KN13 next to a stock Sentra.

minute rice sentra · Oct 7th, 2003, 07:47 PM

did you measure the old one? pics never link with webshots, but when you copy the url in "x"s properties and paste it in the browser it shows up just fine

Webfoot · Oct 7th, 2003, 08:00 PM

Works fine for me on the 21" monitor

The stock measures .955 inches. The kn13 upgrade makes a lot of diff.

minute rice sentra · Oct 7th, 2003, 09:22 PM

can anyone else not see the pic or is it just me?

Webfoot · Oct 7th, 2003, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by minute rice sentra
can anyone else not see the pic or is it just me?

Heres the link. IDK, it wAs working.

minute rice sentra · Oct 7th, 2003, 10:08 PM

they need to just let us host pics on nissanforums and have the same kind of layout as webshots, that would be awesome

racingnismo · Oct 7th, 2003, 10:40 PM

Yups minute rice sentra I think that your are right I took a look at my stock bar again in the daylight and it is 24mm. And yeah the Kn13 one is 26 like the one in the pic there. Thanks for the help.

Galimba1 · Oct 9th, 2003, 02:33 AM

so are the kn13 and b12 swaybars interchangeable?

BennittoMallito · Oct 9th, 2003, 03:00 AM

^That's what I've been told.

Anyway I had another look, and if anyone remembers I thought I had no rear bar. I have, but it's different than on my B13. It is really thick, but it runs from hub to hub going fwd. around the gas tank and then back again.
My Haynes has it labelled as a 'Radius Rod' Is this the same as yours guys? I can't tell from the pic.