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diver57
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Jun 17, 2013

rear sway bar

Hi looking to install a rear sway bar 0n 02chev 2500 duramax which make would be best and where to order from and other info wouldbe welcome .
I have air bags on ,overloads and 265/65/16 micheliens ltd m/s E rated .
Just looking for better handling thanks Dave

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  • I put a Hellwig Big Wig on my 2013 F-350 DRW with Air Lift 5000 air bags and Stable loads. I am very happy with the results. I had the sway bar set in the middle hole- medium stiff, but moved it to the stiffest setting. Overall it handles great, rides great and I can't forsee any additional changes.
  • May I suggest you take a look at the Hellwig Big Wig sway bar. Unfortunately, the Big Wig was released shortly after I installed the standard Hellwig bar on my truck.

    Installation was simple and well documented. Think I bought from www.truckspring.com
  • I put the roadmaster sway bar on the front and
    rear of my F250 best money spend very happy :)
  • realter wrote:
    Riverdude wrote:
    I just installed a Roadmaster sway bar on my F250 a couple of weeks ago and it made a huge difference in how it handled. The one that came on my truck was a spaghetti noodle compared to the 40 lb. Roadmaster. It was money well spent. I got it from Tweetys.com for $397.50 and I think it was free shipping.




    I put the same on my 2009 Gmc 3/4 ton ex cab reg box, and am very unhappy. I consider it a waste of close to $700. Bought at Camping World and installed there.


    Wow, the bar itself is $400, they charged you $300 for 6 bolts? I'm in the wrong line of business.

    You did put on the rear, and not the front first, right? Upgrading my factory rear sway bar made a night and day difference.
  • crazyhats5 wrote:
    I love my road master .


    x2

    So much so, I'm considering also upgrading the front from factory to Roadmaster.
  • since you have overloads ( I assume above the main pack) you might consider Stable Loads instead of a sway bar.
    I have a 3/4 t. Dodge with double, 1 ton overloads above the main pack; the factory not-so-thick anti-sway bar; Rancho 9K's set on the stiffest setting; and Stable Loads. This system has worked well for me without the 'recoil' and side-to-side sway you get with air bags. With the rather wimpy factory anti-sway my rig is very stable on corners and does not 'BOINga-Boinga-boinga' when I drop a wheel in a hole. The secret is all those dumb old leaves dragging on each other, saying, "duh, what happened?".
    I have tried with and without the anti-sway bar attached and it made some, but not much difference. I always detach one side on the anti-sway bar when I get off road, further diminishing the pull/sway/recoil on big pot holes. An attached anti-sway bar pulls you from side to side on bad roads.
    It took a lot of experimentation and the corporate memory of my Jeeping dayz to get to this point.
    regards, as always, jefe
  • Riverdude wrote:
    I just installed a Roadmaster sway bar on my F250 a couple of weeks ago and it made a huge difference in how it handled. The one that came on my truck was a spaghetti noodle compared to the 40 lb. Roadmaster. It was money well spent. I got it from Tweetys.com for $397.50 and I think it was free shipping.




    I put the same on my 2009 Gmc 3/4 ton ex cab reg box, and am very unhappy. I consider it a waste of close to $700. Bought at Camping World and installed there.
  • I just installed a Roadmaster sway bar on my F250 a couple of weeks ago and it made a huge difference in how it handled. The one that came on my truck was a spaghetti noodle compared to the 40 lb. Roadmaster. It was money well spent. I got it from Tweetys.com for $397.50 and I think it was free shipping.