Sway bar for F350 pia

Grit dog wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:
So for thoes that have rear sway bars, do you find it afects how your truck handels when you go off road? I was looking at one for my truck but was told if I go to places that take a bit of 4x4ing to get into, not to put one on.

Steve

Empty truck, yes it’ll hang a rear wheel in the air quicker. But takes bigger terrain than most fine acceptable or inviting to twist up a 22’ long 8klb truck where it’s lifting tires.
Loaded with camper, the weight will twist the sway bar plenty for any terrain you’d tackle with a TC onboard and still stay rubber side down and not high centered.

hmm 22 foot 8000+ sounds like your talking about my truck haha.. ok with this camper I don't need to worry much about it as Im only 3000lbs loaded for camping, but the next camper will probably push that 4000 mark so I'll look at it then along with stable loads.

Yes having the rear sway bar is not a good idea when unloaded for sure. When you have a camper loaded up it is worth it's weight when going over uneven terrain.

StirCrazy wrote:
So for thoes that have rear sway bars, do you find it afects how your truck handels when you go off road? I was looking at one for my truck but was told if I go to places that take a bit of 4x4ing to get into, not to put one on.

Steve

Empty truck, yes it’ll hang a rear wheel in the air quicker. But takes bigger terrain than most fine acceptable or inviting to twist up a 22’ long 8klb truck where it’s lifting tires.
Loaded with camper, the weight will twist the sway bar plenty for any terrain you’d tackle with a TC onboard and still stay rubber side down and not high centered.

So for thoes that have rear sway bars, do you find it afects how your truck handels when you go off road? I was looking at one for my truck but was told if I go to places that take a bit of 4x4ing to get into, not to put one on.

Steve

We have a 2011 F350, diesel, XLT shortbox, SRW. Firestone Ride-rite airbags & Hellwig Bigwig rear sway bar go together fine.

Bedlam wrote:
My 2005 F250 had the OEM stabilizer bars front and rear along with the outboard Firestone airbags with no interference issues. Does the Roadmaster install with the down links in front of the axle like the OEM? Where is your bar getting hung up?

. Yes the roadmaster hooks up with the downlinks in the front of the axle everything is toward the front and we could not bring the sway bar around on top of the differential the airbag was in the way. I wish when I ordered they asked me if I had airbags

My 2005 F250 had the OEM stabilizer bars front and rear along with the outboard Firestone airbags with no interference issues. Does the Roadmaster install with the down links in front of the axle like the OEM? Where is your bar getting hung up?

I have a 2019 F350 CCLB SRW and I am running a Hellwig BR Swaybar on the front as well as the back.
I also have some Airlift 5000 bags along with the onboard compressor mounted underneath.
My bags are mounted directly below my frame rails and sit on top of the axle leaf spring spacer arm just on the inside of my leaf springs.
No problems at all installing everything that I can remember.

Bedlam wrote:
Some airbag must under the frame rails while others mount outboard of the rails. Which ones are you running?

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Some airbag must under the frame rails while others mount outboard of the rails. Which ones are you running?