tbsimmons
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Mine is the furthest forward right now which would be the softest. See below for driving thoughts.
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Mine is the furthest forward right now which would be the softest. See below for driving thoughts.
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tbsimmons
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It bolts to the lower shock
Mounts.
Yes it will work with air bags. It bolts just like stock.
Yes dropping the DEF tank helps.
Driving is back to feeling close to the 450. It makes the entire truck feel tighter. Having the rear on the softest might not be enough with the pin weight of the trailer but I will know that in a week.
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Mounts.
Yes it will work with air bags. It bolts just like stock.
Yes dropping the DEF tank helps.
Driving is back to feeling close to the 450. It makes the entire truck feel tighter. Having the rear on the softest might not be enough with the pin weight of the trailer but I will know that in a week.
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There's miles of space with my PMF traction bars. I can't foresee any interference with airbags either. The SRW Hellwig bar is mounted completely forward of the axle.
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I really need to add these to my list of stuff my truck needs. These may actually be needed since my truck didn't come with one on the rear from factor. Tossing a 2200 lb + seed box in the bed makes it kinda scary to drive. At least I don't ever have to go far like that. Will they work good on a truck with a slight lift?
tbsimmons
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I don't see why not since they bolt like stock and are inward of the leaf springs.
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tbsimmons
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The rear end links are adjustable so you can extend them.
Your truck is like my dually was. It made me nervous in the mountains with the trailer.
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TrickTruck
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what's the part nos for the heavy duty srw. Seems like when I looked on their site there were several options.
Arconalloy
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There are several options and I only saw one that said it could be used doe up to 4" of lift? I'm running 4.5 pintop but why would that matter?
BIG JUICE
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Length of end links to attach frame to sway bar. Most lift companies include longer links so bar is still flat.
Does the front bar benefit these trucks as much as the rear? I did the rear hellwig on my 16 ford and it made a huge difference. I also used a hellwig on my dodge and left the factory sb on the front. Carli advjsed that there's no need for either with their suspension systems due to their springs. For my driving, they are incorrect. Lol
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I always do both. Too much bar in the rear is a bad thing...it can induce some bad characteristics.
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tbsimmons
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The only way I could see this occurring in the slight is stiff springs and smaller bars but with the weight of the front of these trucks the springs would have be so stiff the front would ride like a covered wagon to do the same as a sway bar.
But to answer your question on my truck the front was more of a problem than the back with leaning in corners and a big problem with the fiver behind me. The back was really only a slight problem. But only putting on a rear bar I would be a little careful, the truck could oversteer.
tbsimmons
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Same would apply but the rear comes with an adjustable end link but I doubt they would go to 4" longer. End links would be easy to make for the rear, you could even use the ones that come with the kit and extend them.
When I had my coil over bypass. I removed both front and rear sway bar permanently. But I had the shocks to do it. Now I'm running both with stock shocks lol.
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So if I eventually plan on coil overs, I should stick with the stockers, awesome!
I was running NO sway bars with the coil overs.
CARLI is coming out with a front sway bar soon.
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tbsimmons
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Desert and street are two different things. You want independent in the desert. On the street you don't too much lean. Watch Dust to Glory or any Baja movie and watch the trophy trucks turn on the road.
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tbsimmons
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Alright pulled the trailer again.
If you have a newer dually with less than 1" sway bars swap them out. Made a HUGE difference is stability in corners.
Just remember it will stiffen the ride some.
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If you have a newer dually with less than 1" sway bars swap them out. Made a HUGE difference is stability in corners.
Just remember it will stiffen the ride some.
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