Just a FYI for you guys adding rear sway bars. I put a hellwig sway bar on my truck a year ago and it has been great. That is until I had my rear gears changed and the tech that put the gears in did not tighten the bar back up to correct torque specs when he was done. This allowed the bar to turn on the axle in corners and it sheared my left rear brake line off at the banjo bolt. No accident was caused and they fixed the damaged line, but for sure make sure it is put on tight and check it often!

 

thaisOn,

thanks for the link. ive been going to put one on for a while now and have not seen one for that low of a price. ordered mine this morning.

 

I was checking out this site and the prices do look good. It shows the weight for a front or rear bar being 50lbs. Is that right? I heard the Hellwigs were the stiffest but heaviest out there. So an exrtra 100lbs for a F&R wow!

 

Does the sway bar still fit if you have dual exhaust?

 

i got my rear sway bar delivered yesterday and installed it this morning. should have waited until this afternoon since it got a whole lot warmer and drinking beer in the afternoon is percieved as being better. no pressure to go to meetings.

back on the subject of the sway bar. install was easy. was about an hour and a half, start to finish. i have a 05 KR 4wd. handling is noticeably better. it doesnt dive into the turns. it really seems to hug the road alot more. havent had it on the highway yet, just down one twisty road.

its a mod i would definetly reccomend.

 

Good lord hour and a half, did you have any air tools? I consider myself "above average" mechanically and it took me almost 4. The directions could have been MUCH better (i.e. K&N FIPK install instructions) once I figured-out "lock-bolts" I thought everything was being cross-threaded. Install was much easier after dropping the spare and using my torque wrench to muscle on the lock bolts. Of course earlier in the day I sprained my neck and was on some muscle relaxers so I am sure that didnt help, but afterwards I felt like a retard for it taking so long after reading posts of it taking 1.5 hours. Anyways, truck feels much more stable in corners, especially with my OEM 20's, the combo makes it handle much better.

 

Don't feel bad j080808 those lock nuts threw me for a loop as well. I put the right ones on one side of the axle u bolt and then lock nuts on the other side, they wouldn't go on! Took a bit to figure that out. I was doing it at night with a light and it took 3 hrs. Knowing what to do now could probably do it in about half that. I had eyes full of dirt and caught a ratchet on the cheekbone, luckily it wasn't the torque wrench. The directions are fairly poor at best, they should of mentioned to take the spare out. Tightens up the rear real nice. I'm going to replace the front bushings and end links as soon as I can get them. Hopefully that'll tighten the front up a bit.

 

Will this help in towing trailers? Just wondering if it would take some of the sway out of the truck if towing a heavier trailer.

 

no air tools. would have taken longer to get them out than the time saved. glad my boys (8 and 9) were in school or it would have taken a whole lot longer. i left the spare tire in so that i could be sure there was clearance and used an extension to run the bolts for the cross tube down. one thing is for sure is that there will not be a larger spare going under there.

i still think its well worth the money. way big difference on the turns and bumps. my truck hasnt hopped up once since i put this on.