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subcamper
Jan 25, 2015Explorer II
Adding a sway bar, either to the front or rear, will change the understeer/oversteer behavior of the vehicle. When you add the rear sway bar, the truck will oversteer more. In other words, the rear will break loose sooner than it did without the sway bar. I'm not sure how the oversteer/understeer behavior is on a stock Dodge pickup, so I can't comment on any beneficial/detrimental effects it will have. I added a rear sway bar on my 1994 Suburban and it did change the handling behavior (at the limits). Even if you say it doesn't matter because you don't drive the truck like a sports car, you may have to make an emergency evasive manuever, in which case "at the limits" may occur.
If you add the sway bar, test out the truck in a large empty parking lot(with no trailer) before and after to see what effects it will have.
Steve
Steve
If you add the sway bar, test out the truck in a large empty parking lot(with no trailer) before and after to see what effects it will have.
Steve
Steve
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