Rear anti roll bar on 2Dr.

[Squatch]

Been a ton of discussion on rear sway bars, but... I see why your search didn't work.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/rear-sway-bar-on-non-sasquatch-broncos.48408/post-1486633

Anti-roll bar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-roll_bar

Someone needs to edit that Wiki. I can't believe that's the prevalent term. Even if it is the most prevalent across all horseless carriages, it certainly shouldn't be referred to as such regarding any 4wd/truck/off-road vehicle. If that bar could prevent roll-overs... haha.

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[Dialtone]

Been a ton of discussion on rear sway bars, but... I see why your search didn't work.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/rear-sway-bar-on-non-sasquatch-broncos.48408/post-1486633



Someone needs to edit that Wiki. I can't believe that's the prevalent term. Even if it is the most prevalent across all horseless carriages, it certainly shouldn't be referred to as such regarding any 4wd/truck/off-road vehicle. If that bar could prevent roll-overs... haha.

Might be from my time on Euro car forums. Mini, Benz and BMW that got me in the habit of using the term. It is highly accurate in context. Nautically or aeronautically you have pitch, yaw and Ta Da!!! roll. Which is rotational motion around the longitudinal axis of a ship, aircraft or in this instance automotive vehicle. So, in the majority of the world it is an anti-roll bar. Think of it like the word soccer. Soccer in America. Football in the remainder of the entire planet.
So the wiki is actually correct. It simply doesn't align with an America-centric viewpoint. Doesn't make it wrong.
I will happily continue calling it an anti-roll bar for any vehicle. You do you. I'll do me. I'm perfectly happy with that.

 

[Squatch]

Might be from my time on Euro car forums. Mini, Benz and BMW that got me in the habit of using the term. It is highly accurate in context. Nautically or aeronautically you have pitch, yaw and Ta Da!!! roll. Which is rotational motion around the longitudinal axis of a ship, aircraft or in this instance automotive vehicle. So, in the majority of the world it is an anti-roll bar. Think of it like the word soccer. Soccer in America. Football in the remainder of the entire planet.
So the wiki is actually correct. It simply doesn't align with an America-centric viewpoint. Doesn't make it wrong.
I will happily continue calling it an anti-roll bar for any vehicle. You do you. I'll do me. I'm perfectly happy with that.

Absolutely. We should totally adopt a Euro-centric view based on Germany... wait, they already tried that.

This is a U.S. based site and searching "football" won't yield purely soccer posts. The MSRP complaint posts are usually in USD too! We have accepted our fellow American countrymen, the Canadians, and their CAD as well. This is a Bronco forum and it's sold mostly in... Europe, right?

FYI, dogging U.S. using soccer instead of football actually proved my point not yours, classic. When in Rome...

 

[Dialtone]

Absolutely. We should totally adopt a Euro-centric view based on Germany... wait, they already tried that.

This is a U.S. based site and searching "football" won't yield purely soccer posts. The MSRP complaint posts are usually in USD too! We have accepted our fellow American countrymen, the Canadians, and their CAD as well. This is a Bronco forum and it's sold mostly in... Europe, right?

FYI, dogging U.S. using soccer instead of football actually proved my point not yours, classic. When in Rome...

So you really have nothing more than, "because I say so" to prop up your contention. If that makes you happy, great. All I see is some angry xenophobe venting and that really doesn't come across as happy. So that tactic might not be working for you. C'est la vie. I hope the French doesn't trigger you.
P.S. I've also owned a couple Land Rovers. Still have one. From when Ford owned JLR. Feel free to toss some hate that way as well.

 

[HPNQ420]

Someone needs to edit that Wiki. I can't believe that's the prevalent term. Even if it is the most prevalent across all horseless carriages, it certainly shouldn't be referred to as such regarding any 4wd/truck/off-road vehicle. If that bar could prevent roll-overs... haha.
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Well Carroll Smith called it an anti-roll bar, and he was American AF . (Helped Ford and Shelby beat Ferrari.) Others would call it a stabilizer bar. I think it kind of depends on whether you want it to minimize unwanted camber changes (sports cars, road racing cars) or increase vehicle resistance to rollover in cornering. It actually does the latter (more so in a high COG vehicle) by reducing COG shift towards the outboard wheels on a turn (or towards the downhill side of a hill for that matter).

 

[Aonarch]

Been a ton of discussion on rear sway bars, but... I see why your search didn't work.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/rear-sway-bar-on-non-sasquatch-broncos.48408/post-1486633



Someone needs to edit that Wiki. I can't believe that's the prevalent term. Even if it is the most prevalent across all horseless carriages, it certainly shouldn't be referred to as such regarding any 4wd/truck/off-road vehicle. If that bar could prevent roll-overs... haha.

This.

I installed the OEM one on my two door and it made a huge difference in driving. No more, what I would describe as rear bump steer, and less nose dive under braking. Less body roll too obviously.

I run an Anti-Rock up front, so a rear sway bar helps balance out everything.

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

We've had three 2 doors, and of the 3, only the WT3.0 has the sway bar... I read that Ford was able to use softer shock Springs on the units with the anti-roll bar. This allows for a softer ride while still keeping the vehicle stable side to side. And it's noticeable with the hoss 3.0 especially.

That being said I would never install a rear sway bar on the Badlands we had or my first edition. If I was trying to get i to handle differently I would change the camber and Caster on the front. The SAS models have a drastically different camber and caster then the regular Broncos. I would try adjusting that to cure the understeer before I swapped in a stay bar

 

[Dialtone]

We've had three 2 doors, and of the 3, only the WT3.0 has the sway bar... I read that Ford was able to use softer shock Springs on the units with the anti-roll bar. This allows for a softer ride while still keeping the vehicle stable side to side. And it's noticeable with the hoss 3.0 especially.

That being said I would never install a rear sway bar on the Badlands we had or my first edition. If I was trying to get i to handle differently I would change the camber and Caster on the front. The SAS models have a drastically different camber and caster then the regular Broncos. I would try adjusting that to cure the understeer before I swapped in a stay bar

Thanks. I seriously doubt I will ever do anything to challenge length of travel on the Bronco. 99% street driven with the occasional farm or logging road. One it's the wife's car and Two we've never used the disconnect on our Land Rover. Nags Head or Corolla beaches are the biggest challenges either will ever see.

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