Rear squat is bad for 60' times (traction).

A sway bar connects the rear control arms to the frame correct? Therefore making the rear suspension stiffer when you push down on the rear right?

Im wondering because I took mine off for weight savings, but might it hurt me in other way?

 

my belief is that a sway bar only effects the movement of one side against the other, not in the case of both compressing equally at the same time(that would be your spring rates). For drag, the a stiffer rear spring rate would control squat.
just my $.02


[Modified by jgale, 11:33 PM 2/4/2002]

 

Yes, but it appears that the rear sway bar actually kept the suspension a little compressed. When I unbolted it from the frame, the rear suspension dropped a couple inches.

Hmm

 

no.

Warren

 

of course it affects it

the thing is soo heavy!

 

The swaybar's only purpose is to connect the opposite sides of the suspension to each other (there aren't any solid connections to the frame, only the bushings), so that when one side compresses, the other side does too (same for decompression). So, this shouldn't affect front-back transfer at all (or at least nothing noticeable).

Edit: Maybe if you had crazy torque that lifted one side of the car up at launch on a RWD car...


[Modified by MrBite, 12:48 AM 2/5/2002]

 

Only for side to side...not front to back.

 

have your rear suspension checked.

answer to your question.... NO

Will

 

no effect...........before/after

even with ungreased bushings.

 

what rear sway bar? i hoped that answered your question.

 

Its a suspension techniques swat bar

the bushing got annoying as hell (squeeked) and I took it off for weight savings. Maybe it was the bushings that caused the suspension to drop a couple inches? Who knows...but handling without it doesnt really seem any worse, the ride actually seems nicer, quieter and more "plush"

 

If I understad correctly you took the bushings off the sway bar. If so the sway bar is not doing it's job. You need the bushings as fix pivot points for the sway bar to have any effect from one side to the other. I would strongly recommend that you put them back on.

EDIT: or maybe you meant that you took the sway bar off (and not just the bushings) for weight reduction??... Oh... I just reread your first post and you meant the sway bar... never mind then.


[Modified by JPP, 10:33 AM 2/5/2002]


[Modified by JPP, 10:36 AM 2/5/2002]

 

Heh...damn this thing is pretty light. Just weighed it on the FedEx scale at works and it cme in at 9.10 LBS w/ bushing and hardware.

 

gotta love the sarcasim

 

Hahaha...doh! I was a little slow on that one..finally got whats he's saying

 

Yeah, but alot of the new one's probably don't even know what he has or what it runs...

what rear sway bar? i hoped that answered your question. I hope so too!

A.