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SignUp Now!Since you shortened the legnth from the bend to the link, you have shortened the 'leverage' the bar will be able to transfer from side to side. As the truck rolls you now in effect made the bar seem 'smaller'. I don't know why you feel it's tighter, what you did should have the opposite effect.
Who said this would be better?
thats a good idea, but i would only be stiffer on body roll, would it not?
no there is not with they way i did it its back in the stock location but if u were to do it in the stock sway bar mount hole i dont see it having any problem with the way i did it takes the binding out of it and with going to be stiff and stock links i want to help it as much a i canBasically, you are shortening the length of the anit roll bars arms making them stiffer. Would you get the same result if you just redrilled the sway bar and use the same mounting point, or are there clearence issues. Good idea.
yes dallas come on :top: jk brothats a good idea, but i would only be stiffer on body roll, would it not?
true, chris if you like it and it improvers the performance in your eyes then that is what matter no one else has to drive it. I like the way you think!
now by shorting the sway-bar the truck is losing leverage to flex the sway-bar
You are not looking at the whole picture of the way a sway bar works....
When you turn to the right, the trucks body rolls to the left, raising the right side and dropping the left. The end of the bar on the right will essentially go down and the on the left it tries to go up. The longer the leverage on the right(higher) side is, the MORE it will try and do the same on the opposite side. When you shorten the legnth, it can't make as much torque to do it's job. It may initially feel as if it is reacting quicker since the link is closer to the bar's center, but the harder you turn, the less effective it will become.
So your initial 'feel' may be good, but more than that this becomes leff effective.
You are not looking at the whole picture of the way a sway bar works....
When you turn to the right, the trucks body rolls to the left, raising the right side and dropping the left. The end of the bar on the right will essentially go down and the on the left it tries to go up. The longer the leverage on the right(higher) side is, the MORE it will try and do the same on the opposite side. When you shorten the legnth, it can't make as much torque to do it's job. It may initially feel as if it is reacting quicker since the link is closer to the bar's center, but the harder you turn, the less effective it will become.
So your initial 'feel' may be good, but more than that this becomes leff effective.
Just to add another 2¢, I have NEVER heard of shortening a sway bar to make it stiffer & thus more effective in reducing body roll. Common wisdom & practice is that they are made thicker to accomplish that task.
I've been out of the XR loop lately, but I haven't heard of anybody making an aftermarket sway for the X. Has anybody?