Hellwig Sway Bars?
Anyone have any experience with Hellwig or other sway bars? Been thinking about purchasing a set of Hellwig Big Wig sway bars for the rear of my truck. I have a small amount of rock or sway on t...
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They are better referred to as "anti LEAN" bars...
Careful on just putting them on the rear axle when there wasn't an OEM, or just
replacing the rear OEM bar
The torsional rigidity is dialed in by the OEM to slightly understeer.
By increasing the rear's torsional rigidity, it will change the handling characteristics
dialed in by the OEM
Towing, will have the potential for jack knifing much larger potential at the
extreme handling conditions
Over steering is when the tail hangs out on a curve. Understeering will have
the front plow
Since the trailer will be pushing the TV's tail on a curve when slowing down or braking, etc...it will have an easier time of pushing the TV's tail into a jack
knife condition
You MUST purchase both front and rear *MATCHED* sets from any after market
supplier. Ditto their 'performance' bushings, which has an affect of increasing
the response time of any bar
Careful on just putting them on the rear axle when there wasn't an OEM, or just
replacing the rear OEM bar
The torsional rigidity is dialed in by the OEM to slightly understeer.
By increasing the rear's torsional rigidity, it will change the handling characteristics
dialed in by the OEM
Towing, will have the potential for jack knifing much larger potential at the
extreme handling conditions
Over steering is when the tail hangs out on a curve. Understeering will have
the front plow
Since the trailer will be pushing the TV's tail on a curve when slowing down or braking, etc...it will have an easier time of pushing the TV's tail into a jack
knife condition
You MUST purchase both front and rear *MATCHED* sets from any after market
supplier. Ditto their 'performance' bushings, which has an affect of increasing
the response time of any bar
