How a Sway Bar Works

Damn, an here I thought the sway bar was an arm bar for mechanics to maneuver under the car.

I think this explanation is very wrong... You do not have opposite movement. In the contrary. The bar holds both sides together, tight. As a result, when one wheel goes up, the other side sitting on the pavement, will push the up wheel down. Will try to level.
The way you explain it it implies that by lifting one wheel, the other goes down even deeper. Exactly opposite of what you want the bar to do.

Don't cars come from the factory with sway bars included??

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Thanks for this; ads aside, this video explained body roll way more easily than that jerk over at the Engineering Explained channel who has to overexplain everything, yet paradoxically fail to get the point across.

My sway bar button is not working because I don't see any lights on. What could be the issue?

You sound like NileRed!

get rid of the stupid music.

thank you!

I breathe wrong in my car and it moves around. You should see it when I have to drive on the highway on a windy day. My car gets blown all over the place. The joys of owning a 98 Toyota Corolla.

Why always that noisy music in the background? Doesn't add anything to the explanation. Just annoying, distracting and noisy. Bad editing!

Do trailers roll?

I’m taking the sway bar out of my 4wd

Are there vehicles without them?

So say you have a beefer hitch installed to frame of a vehicle. I would imagine the thinner rear sway bar then becomes useless?

Bad explanation - Just a commercial

YOU AINT GOT THE ANSWERS SWAY!!!

Good explanation of how a sway bar works! thanks for this video!

hi, the left and right arms of the sway bar do not move in an opposite direction per se. they actually move in the "same" direction to reduce vehicle sway or tilt. when the left coil spring compresses while cornering, the left arm of the sway bar moves upward, and through twisting force (torsion), the right arm is forced to move upward, reducing body roll. viewed in a different angle, when the right sway bar is forced to move downward due to gravity, it also forces the left arm to move on same direction reducing the rate by which the coil spring compresses. these twisting movements by the sway bar provides stability to a car. thanks.

For a pick up truck 2500 Ram 4x4, which is better to install, in the front or rear?

This just in: Not all of us get or even have "white" knuckles. Just saying. FYI

Looks like the budget for this video was all in getting it to 1080, audio left behind running at 10kbps

I'm too distracted by the thumb looking like a toe.

I've never seen a car without a sway bar installed on the factory.

sway arm don't twist.

the sway arm make your car left and right side parallel to each other so when you turn left the force will push the right side of the car down because most of the weight are transferred to the right the left tire will lose grip because the sway arm make the car side parallel the force from the right side are redistributed to the left to mitigate the sway this will push down the left side and maintain tire grip. sway arm are connected to suspension the suspension act as the force absorber sway arm won't work without suspension and this is the reason why sway arm are not bulky.

a little harsh i can see not adding to the convo but he was respectful and stayed in his place but how many other times has a female not really helped in the convo. could have been better overall dont let fame change you

White knuckles? Don’t get it

Just added one to the rear of my 53 Chrysler Town & Country wagon and I can’t hardly believe what a difference it made. I am definitely a fan

First, just one of the perks of staying up past 1am