need HELP with a big wig sway bar** (UPDATE)
OK I bought a Big Wig sway bar and am install it on a 2013 Ram DRW 4X4. I ordered a 7272 which from Hellwig which says it is for a 10-13 Dodge with 6.7. So I was installing it today and ran into pr...
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OK, I now have an update.
I received the new sway bar yesterday and the bar its self is identical to the one I have. The down links that attach to the frame are identical and the clamps around the axle are the same. Now what is different is the "D" clamps and the bushings that fit in the "D" clamps. The new "D" clamps are about 1/2" deeper and the bushings are the same 1/2" longer on the side that points to the rear diff. What this does is moves the sway bar towards the back of the truck by that 1/2". It gets it further away from the shock so it can be moved a little closer to the shock tower and thus leaves a little more room on the exhaust side. I installed it and started the truck and then shut it off and no banging the exhaust on the sway bar, so that area has been addressed.
Then took it for a drive and even without the camper what a difference. On the road that I drive sometimes there is a couple of "S" curves with a 35MPH suggested speed on them. When I used I use to go around them the truck had some lean even empty at 45MPH. I took this same corner at 55MPH yesterday and there was no lean. It held the corner like a sport car with no body roll.
So I'm happy now even though I had to do 2 installs in a place that is not all the comfortable to work in. I don't know why Hellwig didn't just send me the 2 new "D" brackets and the new bushings instead of paying shipping on a whole new sway bar and the return shipping on the old one? With just the new "D" brackets and bushing I could have finished the install and been done with it.
OH will such is life and mine is not to question but to (you guys know the rest).
I received the new sway bar yesterday and the bar its self is identical to the one I have. The down links that attach to the frame are identical and the clamps around the axle are the same. Now what is different is the "D" clamps and the bushings that fit in the "D" clamps. The new "D" clamps are about 1/2" deeper and the bushings are the same 1/2" longer on the side that points to the rear diff. What this does is moves the sway bar towards the back of the truck by that 1/2". It gets it further away from the shock so it can be moved a little closer to the shock tower and thus leaves a little more room on the exhaust side. I installed it and started the truck and then shut it off and no banging the exhaust on the sway bar, so that area has been addressed.
Then took it for a drive and even without the camper what a difference. On the road that I drive sometimes there is a couple of "S" curves with a 35MPH suggested speed on them. When I used I use to go around them the truck had some lean even empty at 45MPH. I took this same corner at 55MPH yesterday and there was no lean. It held the corner like a sport car with no body roll.
So I'm happy now even though I had to do 2 installs in a place that is not all the comfortable to work in. I don't know why Hellwig didn't just send me the 2 new "D" brackets and the new bushings instead of paying shipping on a whole new sway bar and the return shipping on the old one? With just the new "D" brackets and bushing I could have finished the install and been done with it.
OH will such is life and mine is not to question but to (you guys know the rest).
