What does taking your sway bar out do?
If you take off the factory sway bar you reduce your ability to control the vehicle. Reduced control puts other motorists at risk too. The last thing I want is to do is injure another person for minimal articulation increases. I travel with my family regularly and would not want them to be injured due to my negligence.
What do thicker sway bars do?
They complement the suspension but do not overpower them. However, bigger is not always better – you can go too big! If you go too big, the suspension won’t be able to twist the sway bar properly, which would result in a stiff ride.
How do sway bars affect ride quality?
If sway bars were never invented, the ride and handling of vehicles would be a lot harsher than it is today. These bars act as a third spring, controlling rolls and stiffness of a vehicle. A sway bar has no effect if both sides simultaneously move in the same direction.
When Should I disconnect my sway bars?
There’s no reason at all why you’d want to disconnect the sway bars on your road car. And, for a four-wheel drive you only want to disconnect them when driving at low speeds off-road. Sway bars are designed to ensure your vehicle’s wheels don’t move too far up or down independently of the opposite wheel.
Are sway bars good for off-road?
For easy and moderate off road, having a sway bar is a non-issue. Sway bar helps a lot when turning corners, reduces body roll (lean), especially for lifted trucks.
Do sway bars make suspension stiffer?
Stiffer sway bars make cars more responsive in corners, whereas softer sway bars do the opposite. It’s the easiest and simplest way to make a perceivable change to the balance and dynamics of any car.
Do Trophy Trucks use sway bars?
Yes, the entire concept of using stabilizer bars to control body roll on a Trophy Truck is a bunch of power and speed robbing antiquity that accomplishes less than half of what it should be doing. Crosslinking is a band-aid and still not what TT’s need, the bigger the shocks the better.
Do I really need a sway bar?
Sway bars are important pieces of safety equipment for RVs. They help prevent swaying on the highway and they can even save your vehicle from a dangerous crash or rollover. Some drivers find that sway bars make it harder to turn, but overall, the extra safety is worth it.
What happens if a sway bar is too stiff?
Too stiff provides unstable handling on rough road surfaces and harshness over bumps. By setting the rear bar to full stiff and the front to soft you’ve effectively balanced out the sway bar sizes.
Do sway bars reduce body roll?
Simply put, a sway bar is a torsional spring that connects to both the left and right sides of the suspension to reduce body roll, as Oliver Rathlein of Eibach explained, “The sway bar links both sides of the suspension system to help reduce body roll when cornering.