Any Interest in a GB for Sway Bars?

[hd898]

What are the benifits of changing the sway bar?

[01harleydude]

a quote from one of Aytrons post in a different thread.....

"Here is some basic knowledge of sway bars as I seem to get quite a few PMs about them.


Front and rear sway bars or anti-roll bars are designed to reduce body-roll during turns. They have no influence on the suspension when wheels bounce in unison. They only come into play when they are twisted, that is, when vertical movement on one side of the bar exceeds the vertical movement on the other side, as when the body rolls or only one wheel goes over a bump. In addition to reducing body-roll, sway bars also reduce the adhesion limits of the side-by-side wheels that are being acted upon. This allows sway bars to be used as suspension tuning devices, and by varying the stiffness of the front and rear sway bars you can influence the oversteering or understeering characteristics of a car/truck.

The HD trucks came with the same front bar as the Lighting, but no rear bar (I assume to keep cost down) as do most cars/trucks. This is also a decision based on assumptions about the driving skills of the typical owner. Understeer is the accepted norm in the U.S. and when the vehicle doesn't seem to be going where the driver wants it to go, he just brakes and turns the steering wheel farther -- an intuitive design considered defensible in court.

Adding a rear sway bar not only reduces understeer, it also makes the car more likely to oversteer. – (for the rear end to lose adhesion and swing out when cornering.) That makes the truck more fun to drive (it turns quicker), but also more dangerous because it could lead to a spin-out. To correct for oversteer, the driver must stay off the brakes, add power, and turn the steering wheel in the direction of the slide -- a design considered indefensible in court, and one that could expose manufactures to liability.

As a general rule, when a rear-wheel-drive car is equipped with both front and rear sway bars, the rear bar should have less stiffness/diameter than the front sway bar. Installing too large a rear sway bar can make the rear suspension so stiff that it will cause the inside tire to lift on turns, limiting rear traction. In a high speed corner, it will also increase the likelihood of "snap" oversteer."

hope that helps you out some. It helped me thats for sure.

[hd898]

Thanks 01 you help out a lot!

[marioec]

i am interested in the tvs is the price is right

[britincali]

Im up for it...ahh I can see it all coming together next month......bilsteins and a sway will be PUKKA!

[01harleydude]

i emailed him for some updates and no response. NDEBT qouted me a price of $135 including all the hardware, i will see if i can set something up with him.......

[2manytrucks]

Pencil me in for just the sway bar from NDEBT.

[01harleydude]

I pm'ed him, will keep y'all informed

[03HD8338]

I would like in on the sway bar GB also.

[FL02]

Count me in, please.

[tpr103]

<-------- next in line please!!!

[cfradam]

It wouldnt feel right if I missed a GB. count me in.

[sdharley03]

count me in

[N2BOOST]

I pmed NDEBT and he was trying to work out a issue with a bracket that wasnt included supposed to e mail me on tuesday

[BigBill]

I can get the Ford Lightning Rear bar kit. I should be able to get it for about $130-140 Dunno if thats better. But I will see what the deal is from ford and install issues..