need HELP with a big wig sway bar** (UPDATE)

wintersun wrote:
The Ram 3500 trucks starting in 2013 got the new and much stronger and more rigid frame. No reason to think that an anti-sway bar is needed for this truck (or a 2011 and later GM truck).

If you are getting sway the first thing to investigate is the air pressure in the tires. Second thing is whether the rear springs are able to support the weight of the camper, and not only when it is on level ground but on side sloping terrain as when making tight turns in hilly areas where more than 50% of the camper is loading one side of the truck and its suspension and tires.

Older trucks' frames flexed a great deal more and what was needed to compensate in terms of aftermarket addons is not necessarily going to be needed with the current trucks from GM and Ram. Still a good idea with the Ford trucks with their frames.

I did a lot of thinking on this (I know did you guys smell the smoke from it, I know my wife did). :h The sway bar is not intended to fix a flexing frame. It is designed for when you enter a corner or any condition that gives you body roll to the outside of the corner without a sway bar it relies on just the suspension to stop the roll. If you get enough body roll it wants to try and lift the inside wheel off the ground. Now the sway bar tries to resist this body roll by using the strength of the bar to try to keep the outside from dropping so much which then keeps the rig leveler than without.

How does the a sway bar help the frame not flex. It attaches about 18" in front or behind the rear axle (if we are talking a rear sway bar) The frame would still flex in front of or behind the sway bar mounts just the same as always. In fact the frame well flex where the mounts are also. The only way to stop frame flex is to make the frame its self stiffer.

This is my thoughts on it and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong because I have been knowing to strip gears when I start thinking to much or to hard. My wife can vouch for this also. :S