This article will explain how to install and upgrade the Rear Sway Bar on a Beretta.\u00a0 The car pictured in the photo’s is a 1988 Car, other years will be similar.\u00a0 After 1988 GM switched to an internal bar vs the external bar, an adapter kit is sold by a company called Mantapart.\u00a0 I have been told also you can take the bracket of earlier cars and modify them to fit but I have not done this personally.\u00a0 My guess is that you could notch the plastic supports at the top to accommodate the internal bar.\u00a0 Once you get an external bar and all the hardware this will probably make more sense.<\/p>\n
First a brief explanation of what a sway bar does.\u00a0 Most cars have sway bars on the front and rear as does the Beretta.\u00a0 It’s Purpose is to help reduce body roll and enhance handling. On all cars if you want to make it handle better you must think opposites.\u00a0 By opposite if you wand the front to handle better you do things to the rear of the car, same goes for the back. On front drive cars like the Beretta they have a tendency to understeer.\u00a0 My increasing the size and thickness of the rear sway bar you can help reduce understeer and make the car handling more neutral.<\/p>\n
From information I have been able to collect most Beretta’s came standard with a rear sway bar the exception are some Base cars from the late 90’s. Throughout the years and depending upon the suspension level the thickness of the bar changed.\u00a0 On higher performance suspensions they usually had a thicker solid rear bar, less performance oriented suspensions usually had thinner hollow bars.<\/p>\n
The First Step in the Project is to locate a sway bar from a 1988 Beretta GT.\u00a0 In 1988 a one year only suspension option available called Z51.\u00a0 The Z51 package included several enhanced suspension parts and was an addition to the GT package ordered as a option.\u00a0 For this project you need to find a wrecking yard near you and\u00a0 locate a donor car.\u00a0 The reason for using a Z51\u00a0 sway bar is that it was the largest solid type rear bar offered from the factory.<\/p>\n
To locate a Z51 bar there are several ways to tell if the car has that option.\u00a0 The easiest way is to look on the RPO option code sticker located on the spare tire cover in the trunk.\u00a0 Simply look for the “Z51” code.\u00a0 If that part is missing you can look on the drivers side door.\u00a0 If the tire size is listed as 15 inches then that is also another way to tell.\u00a0 15 inch wheels were part of the package in ’88.\u00a0 Finally if neither of these are available you’ll have to get down and look at the end of the sway bar. If the end feels smooth and is “solid”\u00a0 you have found one.\u00a0 Other standard 88’s had a hollow type that had a plastic end cap. (See Figure 1<\/a> “A” is the hollow Bar, “B” is the solid Z51 Bar)<\/p>\n Visually the two bars look the same as can be seen in Figure 2<\/a> One thing I did when purchased mine was to get all the bushings and hardware that attach the bar to the car.\u00a0 You might be able to use the parts from the old bar but since this Z51 is thicker I used the parts from the donor car.\u00a0 Something else I did was clean my bar with a wire brush and sprayed it with some Black Rustoleum to give it a “clean” look and to hide some surface rust.<\/p>\n The next step is to remove the old sway bar.\u00a0 There are four bolts that need to be removed.\u00a0 Their locations can be seen in Figure 3<\/a>, one bolt on the bottom of each shock mount “A” and two bolts in the center “B”.\u00a0 Pay careful attention and notice how the center bushings are attached.\u00a0 For this step it is NOT NECESSARY to have the car in the air.\u00a0 I have a driveway with a steep slope, what I did was back the car in. I then had enough room to crawl around under the car to get the bolts.\u00a0 The project would be made easier by jacking the car up and putting it on jack stands.\u00a0 It might help if you removed the wheels to get under the car easier but again this is not necessary.\u00a0 (WHEN WORKING ON A CAR ALWAYS BLOCK THE WHEELS TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND USE JACK STANDS WHEN WORKING UNDER A CAR– SAFETY FIRST!!)<\/p>\n When reinstalling the new (used) Z51 sway bar it would be helpful to have a extra set of hands but I was able to do it by myself.\u00a0 slide the bar into position and attach the outer brackets first.\u00a0 Have them loose so the bar can be moved around.\u00a0 Next step is to then put the center holders into position.\u00a0 Finally rotate the bar into position and tighten the bolts down.\u00a0 The two middle bar holders are tricky to put together, you might find it helpful if you have another set of hands to help hold them together.\u00a0 Make a final\u00a0 check to ensure all the bolts are tight,\u00a0 then go out and enjoy your improved handling!<\/p>\n Reference Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n Figure 1<\/a> This article will explain how to install and upgrade the Rear Sway Bar on a Beretta.\u00a0 The car pictured in the photo’s is a 1988 Car, other years will be similar.\u00a0 After 1988 GM switched to an internal bar vs the external bar, an adapter kit is sold by a company called Mantapart.\u00a0 I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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![Figure 1<\/a> “A” is the hollow Bar, “B” is the solid Z51 Bar)<\/p>\nVisually the two bars look the same as can be seen in Figure 2<\/a> One thing I did when purchased mine was to get all the bushings and hardware that attach the bar to the car.\u00a0 You might be able to use the parts from the old bar but since this Z51 is thicker I used the parts from the donor car.\u00a0 Something else I did was clean my bar with a wire brush and sprayed it with some Black Rustoleum to give it a “clean” look and to hide some surface rust.<\/p>\nThe next step is to remove the old sway bar.\u00a0 There are four bolts that need to be removed.\u00a0 Their locations can be seen in Figure 3<\/a>, one bolt on the bottom of each shock mount “A” and two bolts in the center “B”.\u00a0 Pay careful attention and notice how the center bushings are attached.\u00a0 For this step it is NOT NECESSARY to have the car in the air.\u00a0 I have a driveway with a steep slope, what I did was back the car in. I then had enough room to crawl around under the car to get the bolts.\u00a0 The project would be made easier by jacking the car up and putting it on jack stands.\u00a0 It might help if you removed the wheels to get under the car easier but again this is not necessary.\u00a0 (WHEN WORKING ON A CAR ALWAYS BLOCK THE WHEELS TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND USE JACK STANDS WHEN WORKING UNDER A CAR– SAFETY FIRST!!)<\/p>\nWhen reinstalling the new (used) Z51 sway bar it would be helpful to have a extra set of hands but I was able to do it by myself.\u00a0 slide the bar into position and attach the outer brackets first.\u00a0 Have them loose so the bar can be moved around.\u00a0 Next step is to then put the center holders into position.\u00a0 Finally rotate the bar into position and tighten the bolts down.\u00a0 The two middle bar holders are tricky to put together, you might find it helpful if you have another set of hands to help hold them together.\u00a0 Make a final\u00a0 check to ensure all the bolts are tight,\u00a0 then go out and enjoy your improved handling!<\/p>\nReference Pictures<\/span><\/p>\nFigure 1<\/a>\nFigure 2<\/a>\nFigure 3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article will explain how to install and upgrade the Rear Sway Bar on a Beretta.\u00a0 The car pictured in the photo’s is a 1988 Car, other years will be similar.\u00a0 After 1988 GM switched to an internal bar vs the external bar, an adapter kit is sold by a company called Mantapart.\u00a0 I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nZ51 Sway Bar Installation - 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![Figure 2<\/a> One thing I did when purchased mine was to get all the bushings and hardware that attach the bar to the car.\u00a0 You might be able to use the parts from the old bar but since this Z51 is thicker I used the parts from the donor car.\u00a0 Something else I did was clean my bar with a wire brush and sprayed it with some Black Rustoleum to give it a “clean” look and to hide some surface rust.<\/p>\nThe next step is to remove the old sway bar.\u00a0 There are four bolts that need to be removed.\u00a0 Their locations can be seen in Figure 3<\/a>, one bolt on the bottom of each shock mount “A” and two bolts in the center “B”.\u00a0 Pay careful attention and notice how the center bushings are attached.\u00a0 For this step it is NOT NECESSARY to have the car in the air.\u00a0 I have a driveway with a steep slope, what I did was back the car in. 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