Rear Anti SWAY BARS

[Dave Haddon]

Do any of the experts out there know of testing results confirming a thicker than OEM anti sway bar prevents body roll at high speeds..about 80mph..as in emergencies?
Thanks

 

[Randy Grant]

Nothing except zero suspension is going to prevent body roll. But, yes, the Hellweg reduces body roll considerably. I tow a fiver with the high Andersen mount, and body roll is really reduced and gives much better handling.
For the 5th gen, you can install a Hellweg front sway bar to reduce front end dive and roll also.

 

[Dave Haddon]

But a vehicle alone that rolls slightly causing driver corrections is that worth a larger rear anti sway bar! I think the current one is a mere 3/8 thick. What would be reasonable!

 

[G-Ride990]

IMO, my hellwig rear sway bar is one of my top 3 mods I have done to my truck, mine is set in the middle position and I never tried it stiffer or softer. It was just right from the get go.

Highly recommend. Made my truck feel much more planted and it totally killed the, "floating feeling" my stock suspension had. Especially going over expansion joints on an interchange ramp on the freeway.

I am not sure thicker means better. I would assume the material and heat treat changed too?

 

[DILLIGAF]

Airlift 5000 is also great

 

[mrack]

Slightly unrelated but not entirely, what would the symptoms be of a too stiff sway bar?

 

[huntergreen]

I’ve to read from any negative from adding a hellwig.

 

[pacofortacos]

Slightly unrelated but not entirely, what would the symptoms be of a too stiff sway bar?

Depends on if in the front or rear.
Rear it might cause oversteer and less traction in the rear when pushed near the limit.

 

[Randy Grant]

Slightly unrelated but not entirely, what would the symptoms be of a too stiff sway bar?

Tire lift in a herd corner

 

[Bigskyroadglide]

I replaced my hellwig, with a road master bar for the 2500.

My truck corners flat with no ill effects. I have it on both my lowered 14RT and my 16 crew cab. The 16 is road trips and pulling the 14 x 7 tandem trailer. Much better bar in my humble opinion.

Other opinions may vary

 

[quickster2]

I installed the Hellwig on mine. Made a significant difference with the truck camper. New bushings in the OEM front also was noticeable at 75K.

 

[CanRebel]

I have hellwig. Nice part, it has three positions. Bad part. At least one I got. Wasn't coated. It's now "Rusty" I should have coated it, but I didn't. Guess I could blame myself. For the price it should have been coated.
Nice part, since I off-road a lot. It's pretty easy to disconnect and put back when I'm done.

I've seen on this forum and other forums, people have gotten poor quality. E.g. holes were wrong, or not matching, or not just poorly done.
Mine was fine though.

Oh, funny. Sometimes I forget to hook it back up, or so much mud or snow/ice , I don't even notice it's not hooked up. Until zip ties break and I heard loud banging noise.