Sway bar and Lowering alternative

Has anyone tried removing the Center grub screws from the lower front torsion tube? This should lower the front, give a more pliant ride and let the lower leaves act as a sway bar. Thoughts/suggestions.
Thanks

That center screw holds the torsion bars in place which in turn hold the lower control arms in place. Personally, I wouldn't remove it.

Listen to THE MAN !

I heard this also from 70's VW circle track racers. But you hafta rplc the bottom leaves with solid bar.

Seems like the lower arms wouldn't move too much if their grubs were set nice and tight, but the side-to-side motion would tear up the grease seals pretty quickly.

You don't have an adjustable beam in that car?

And how many leaves are there in your tubes? If you still have the little ones, just take those out, no?

I don't want to appear confrontational since there's a lot more knowledge out there than I have, but my thinking is that the center leaves holder is only there to stop them from rotating, since the leaves slide thru it (or do the center grub screws go thru to the leaves). The Outer Grub Screws are what hold the arms and keep the leaves from traveling from side to side. I was contemplating removing the center grub screws and replacing them with short bolts with grease fittings installed in them. This would take all of the lower spring action away and turn the lower leaves into an anti sway bar. I do have (1) adjuster on the upper beam and to my knowledge NO leaves have been removed. Thanks for the input and more is appreciated.

To soften the ride you can remove the smaller bars retaining the larger ones.

I say, give it a try. Lord knows, weirder stuff has been tried on here. Make sure the grub screws are tight on the ends and the locknuts set and try it out. Slowly at first......

Does anyone know whether the CENTER grub screws go thru the center support into the torsion leaves? Thanks

They don't go thru but the grub screw makes bars tight so they don't go side to side. I'd remove the smaller ones for less stiff ride. You need to cut and weld hunks in center and ends where the grub screws hit them. I have extra set of bars should you not like the resulting ride. I thought all VS came with one adjuster in beam? Could add another adjuster.

Thanks Wolfgang for the good info. Yes the VS does have one adjuster for the upper beam. I know I've read of others removing leafs and making up the difference. I'll let you know if I need the extras. Thanks