frame flex with anti sway bar

hedgehopper wrote:

Reddog1 wrote:

ugh wrote:
If the frame does not flex at all, the ride will be harsh! it also increases the chance of cracked frame. It is made to flex to some degree.

Ya really think so? Does the body of a uni-body vehicle flex? Have you ever ridden in a citron? I may stand corrected, but I think they are uni body. It has been many years since I have ridden in one, but the ride was as smooth as it gets.
Wayne

I would argue that a uni-body does flex. The question would be: how much does it flex? In another lifetime, when I worked for Ford, our group did a stress analysis of a uni-body automobile. If there were no flex, there would be no stress to analyze.

Unibodies flex more than box or channel frames. The term unibody just means that the frame and body are integrated whereas the "standard" frame is made as one unit and the body is another separate unit.