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The circled rod that bolts to the control arm, between the sway bar and ball joint:
I'm not a native English speaker and there are no parts in my country. There are diagonal holes on the S13 control arms, and the S12 rod thingies don't fit.
Please help, I wanna get this working before the summer's over!
Most commonly called a 'tension rod.' I've also heard 'radius rod' used.
So THAT'S what a tension rod is. Makes sense. Thank you!
The tension rod is used to minimize front-and-back movement of the control arm, in order to control caster. It's used in place of an A-arm lower for weight and space savings, and commonly for cost reduction. Also called a radius rod, for reasons beyond my knowledge.
I don't know, actually, what the relation between the S13 tension rod and S12 tension rod is.
You can drill a new hole in the control arm to make the tension rod fit without adverse effect.
Also called a castor rod in other parts of the world
Don't touch, my rod!
Being french, that's what I think everytime I see it called castor rod (castor = beaver)
Caster is spelled caster. Castor is an oil given to misbehaving children. Castoreum is a flavoring oil derived from anal glands of beavers, used for strawberry, raspberry, and vanilla flavoring, among others.
SchizophrenicMC on 11:54:29 AM / 15-Jul-14Castoreum is a flavoring oil derived from anal glands of beavers, used for strawberry, raspberry, and vanilla flavoring, among others.
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Damn, that's some fine ass beaver trivia.
Does it moo? on 08:28:10 PM / 05-Aug-14Damn, that's some fine beaver ass trivia.