frame flex with anti sway bar

[54suds]

Does an rear anti sway bar add to or reduce __ frame --- flex ???

[Leland1950]

I replaced mine with a 11/2 over the 1". Rides terrible, Straight ahead there should be no difference, but did take out all the sway. My F550 has the bed welded to the frame with angle iron so maybe there is no flex. When I get the camper on we'll go from there.

[rider997]

54suds wrote:
could I have my post back on SUBJECT ??????????

54suds wrote:
unbelievable !!!!!!no wonder democrats win elections

54suds wrote:
REALLY ? and the original topic was ?

:h

[sleepy]

I never posted any thing and don't have anything that I'd care to expound on...

so put me on the deleted list

thank you

[Kayteg1]

54suds wrote:
REALLY ? and the original topic was ?

Sorry for expanding the topic, but I believe you got your answer in first 2 replies.
Would you like all the rest deleted, becouse some replies expanded the frame flex subject?
Now I don't vote in politics, so you are on your own in this subject.

[pcoplin]

54suds wrote:

pcoplin wrote:

54suds wrote:
unbelievable !!!!!!no wonder democrats win elections

Please stay on subject please. Thank you.

my opinion is not farther off subject than the majority of replies and is wayyyyyyy closer to factual the the many of opinions posted

Well, since opinions aren't fact, your opinion isn't any closer to fact than theirs. Boom. Mind blown.


SInce you know the answer, why don't you indulge us on the proper opinion to have? Hmmm? 🙂

[54suds]

pcoplin wrote:

54suds wrote:
unbelievable !!!!!!no wonder democrats win elections

Please stay on subject please. Thank you.

my opinion is not farther off subject than the majority of replies and is wayyyyyyy closer to factual the the many of opinions posted

[pcoplin]

54suds wrote:
unbelievable !!!!!!no wonder democrats win elections

Please stay on subject please. Thank you.

[54suds]

REALLY ? and the original topic was ?

[54suds]

unbelievable !!!!!!no wonder democrats win elections

[54suds]

could I have my post back on SUBJECT ??????????

[Kayteg1]

RCMAN46 wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
If you compare the wheels on the picture, the Chevy RR wheel is about 16" above the ground, Ford's about 8". That where the suspension travel shows.
Stiff A/S bar would make the travel smaller so everything needs to be in balance.
You gain in one aspect, loose on the other.

You could weld the Ford axles to the frame then the tires on the Ford and Chevrolet would be the same distance from the ground. With a welded axle to the frame I would say you have no suspension travel.

You have confused suspension travel with frame flex.

Sounds like you are saying Ford's frame flexed 8" more than Chevy's frame.
It ain't so.

[RCMAN46]

Kayteg1 wrote:
If you compare the wheels on the picture, the Chevy RR wheel is about 16" above the ground, Ford's about 8". That where the suspension travel shows.
Stiff A/S bar would make the travel smaller so everything needs to be in balance.
You gain in one aspect, loose on the other.

You could weld the Ford axles to the frame then the tires on the Ford and Chevrolet would be the same distance from the ground. With a welded axle to the frame I would say you have no suspension travel.

You have confused suspension travel with frame flex.

[ticki2]

Kayteg1 wrote:

I think there is good reason you don't see steel ladders at Home Depot.
All those aluminium ladders flex on the jobs every day for even 40 years.
I think one of my ladders is 60 years old.

There are several reasons . It would take 2 men and a boy to handle a 40' steel extension ladder , and another is rust . Each product has it's place and are not always equally interchangeable .

[Kayteg1]

The reason for truck frame is cost and technology.
It wasn't till last generation that technology come with easy aluminium welding.
Now all upscale semitrailers are aluminium.
So are all flatbeds.