Do I Need A Rear Sway Bar? Any Sugguestions ?

When i did my belltech 2/4 drop i noticed i didnt have a rear swaybar? i think one would be nice to tighten things up as far as cornering and stability , who makes a nice one that will bolt right on? , also yea or nay to the mopar Graphics? Thanks

I like the red and black theme. And I say absolutely yes to the rear swaybar. Have you had your truck over 75-80mph yet? Most trucks will get a bad wobble in the rear of the truck at higher speeds with the lowering kit and no rear swaybar.

Hemi450hp said:

I like the red and black theme. And I say absolutely yes to the rear swaybar. Have you had your truck over 75-80mph yet? Most trucks will get a bad wobble in the rear of the truck at higher speeds with the lowering kit and no rear swaybar.

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I was cruising through dallas @ 80mph felt perfect and smooth , i would just like less sloppy handling in the turns , i got the belltech kit from you guys

I had a lowered RC as well, and mine didn't come with rear as well, Matt hooked me up and did front and rear Hellwig, worth it!

Hellwig or ADDCO and definitely worth the install of the rear and the upgrade on the front.

I put a rear Hellwig on my truck (it's not lowered) and it made a noticeable difference in the handling.

Hellwig rear swaybar works great

charonblk07 said:

Hellwig or ADDCO and definitely worth the install of the rear and the upgrade on the front.

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I'll second this, makes a huge difference with the proper length end links too. Stiffened up my RC a lot. He'll wig front and rear for me

Raceline said:

When i did my belltech 2/4 drop i noticed i didnt have a rear swaybar? i think one would be nice to tighten things up as far as cornering and stability , who makes a nice one that will bolt right on? , also yea or nay to the mopar Graphics? Thanks

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Nice truck! I'm thinking about ordering the Belltech kit myself. Are you running the stock shocks or the Belltech units? Thanks!

How does a rear sway bar stop a wobble after lowering? (not being a ****, actually curious)
What kind of wobble are y'all getting after dropping these trucks? The only place a wobble should come from is possibly the driveshaft when the ujoint angles change, and the sway bar wouldn't help you there. What am I missing?

Broke pilot said:

How does a rear sway bar stop a wobble after lowering? (not being a ****, actually curious)
What kind of wobble are y'all getting after dropping these trucks? The only place a wobble should come from is possibly the driveshaft when the ujoint angles change, and the sway bar wouldn't help you there. What am I missing?

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Some wobble, some don't. A couple of reason are if the components were torqued down at ride height of it they were tightened then the truck was settled to ride height. Your panhard bar is preloaded if it was tightened in the air plus there's the now greater lateral travel allowance if the panhard bar wasn't leveled properly. The latter is a big one and why most kits come with the relocation bracket. If the panhard bar is perfectly level, the only movement of the axle will be towards the frame mount when the suspension is compressed, but if it's off level then the axle will travel towards the fram mount when compressed then to the opposite side from the frame mount when it unloads, then back towards it after it reaches the apex. Instead of having 1/4" of lateral travel you can now get 1/2"+ depending on how bad the angle of the is. I can't remember the length of the panhard bar off the top of my head but for a 36" bar you have 5/16" travel away from the frame mount and 11/16" towards the frame mount with a 4" drop starting point and a further 4" suspension compression. For a 48" bar it's 3/16" one way and 1/2" the other way.


The sway bar helps to an extent by tying the axle to the frame in a way that only allows/restricts to mostly up/down movement when it's not in torsion to fight body roll. It's a Band-Aid to the real problem but it can help if the angle isn't too severe.

I totally agree it's a bandaid. And yes, don't ever tighten bushings unless at ride height.
Just a weird one I guess, I understand how the axle moves when you lift lower a truck with a panhard bar, I just replaced the bar in my mega with a pure performance adjustable after I leveled it.
He only thing is, the sway bar links are on ball joints, they can move side to side so the axle is independent from the frame. It only gets up/down movement. I guess that's what's tying up my brain.
If anyone has one that wobbles, I'd like to see it and play with it in my shop. Just an offer... I like problem solving. And I hate death wobble, never even thought about it in the rear of these trucks, but I guess being a 5 link anything is possible.

Brake Pilot, where is your shop? I have a 2014 R/T with the BellTech 2/4 drop, Hellwig Stabilizer and beefed up adjustable Pan Hard bar. I get the death wobble somewhere between 100 and 110. Would love to get this figured out...scares the girlfriend half to death!

Dano.61 said:

I get the death wobble somewhere between 100 and 110. Would love to get this figured out...scares the girlfriend half to death!

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"Doctor, I get this pain when I raise my arm like this."

"Well then, don't raise your arm like that."

(not serious, just playin')

Sorry I kinda fell off the map there for a bit. As of 2 days ago my workshop is no more due to what I thought was going to be a job change that didn't happen. My garage is a mess with with all my tools thrown in it! Now I gotta go find a new place to work on everything. Hopefully where I store my boat has a good size building available...
Dano, I'm north of Houston in Conroe if you're familiar.