Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?

[Larry Carlson]

   Can somebody explain to me, in simple terms, how an "adjustable sway 
bar" works?  I understand that you can screw the nuts on the links up or 
down further, and I imagine you could crank some extra "push" on one side, 
if you were racing on a circle or oval track, to make it stay more level, 
but, in the real world, what can you do with an adjustable sway bar?

   It seems to me that you want the sway bar links adjusted to the same 
length on both sides on a car that is driven on public roads or road 
courses, because you need it to act identically whether turning left or 
right.  Does lengthening or shortening both sides have any effect on how the 
bar acts?  I doubt it.  I think you want the bar horizontal, essentially, 
but some up- or down-turn shouldn't make much, if any, difference.

   Whaddya think?



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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: SD> weld up rear trailing arm beam or pan hard bars?


In a message dated 9/19/2007 11:01:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

The bar  inside the rear axle does act like a sway bar.

Take one wheel  and tie it to the ground, lift the other up.  What is
twisting?   The cross channel.  Now add a tube/bar into the channel.
Harder to  twist, right?  So now the two wheels are trying harder to stay
at the  same level.  That is what a sway bar does...

Now, this is not as  ideal as a frame/axle swat bar setup, but it is
somewhat functional and  definitely cheaper for Dodge, hence why you see
them in these  cars.

Shane


That's why I had asked if the mod was worth it.  I do have a separate 
sway
bar (3/4") that attached to the rear axle and it is even adjustable. 
Although
Johnny said that this mod (boxing in the panhard bar) would still be
beneficial, I can't imagine how much more it would, since I already have 
an
aftermarket sway bar in the rear to begin with.

-David C. Lucidi



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