Top heavy feeling w/Plush Rides?

[2nd.gunman]

i should have said make sure the sway bar angle is in spec... i replaced my original coils with 4" Plush and they were taller than i expected. the extra height was enough to put the sway bar angle out of spec (too low, softer...higher firmer (insert bad jokes here)), once i got it back into spec the body roll got back under control and then i adjusted the shocks to fine tune it all. it.

Link length doesn't affect swaybar spring rate at all.

 

[psmith]

Link length doesn't affect swaybar spring rate at all.

But if the links are longer or shorter than optimal then the bar either points up or down at static ride height. This gives the link less leverage on the bar itself, no? Granted it's not huge. Always thought sway bars were softest when perfectly horizontal.

 

[jagrubb99]

But if the links are longer or shorter than optimal then the bar either points up or down at static ride height. This gives the link less leverage on the bar itself, no? Granted it's not huge. Always thought sway bars were softest when perfectly horizontal.

The length of the end link will not change the stiffness of the sway bar. The mechanical advantage of the sway bar as a lever remains unchanged because the length of the end of the actual sway bar from its fulcrum (sway bar bushings) does not change. Now if the end link extended on the same plane, parallel with the sway bar and was fixed to the bar itself and didnt pivot, then that would change the leverage on it.