i was told that tying a steel pipe to both rear leafs behind the axle will make it act like a sway bar.. thought it might work so i was brainstorming under there and found that if i wedge the steel pipe in between the thick bottom leaf and the middle leaf, it greatly stiffened the ride! i tot this could be a good bolt on for when you need the stiffness...on the other hand, the leafs will bend at an unusual position, since the pipe is inbetween the axle and the rear end of the leaf..i dont think it will create too much stress unless your loading on it or constantly drifting...
any thoughts??

 

Not to sure but doesnt sound safe to me

 

pics please!


remember.... a sway bar is basically a "torsion bar" between the two sides of a vehicle.as one side dips, it counters to push the rising side, down.

 

heres the pics!

see the gap between the two lower leaves??

wedged in there gives me alot more stiffness now.. and idk bout the bodyroll benefits..i mean if the leafs remain flat and dont twist then it can work.if you weld it on! but maybe the leafs stay parallel with the axle??
im thinking this may give alot more stress on the leafs now, since the pipe is in between the axle n rear shackle.

 

haha k.. just making sure i was right before i break something!

 

+1

That's what I thought once I saw the pipe.

 

Sure u did CIN..............Sure me to. HAHA J/K

 

so is there a cheap n effective way to stiffen up the rear end??

 

Add more leafs to the pack.

 

might as well..since i have a spare set from my 4x..
how bout bodyroll? any good setups for a rear swaybar?

 

ford rangers have sway bars
4runners have sway bars
grab it off something. it's easy to do it on a truck since we have so much room to play around with.

 

usually it was stiffen the suspension and have a soft sway bar

or a stiff sway bar and a soft suspension


we have a soft suspension and soft sway bar, and i guess you stiffened the front.


but you are right, you can't always just do the rear. if your rear end is extremely softened up, then a sway bar will help.

i'll be honest, removing the mid leaf softened things up.

 

+1. The bigger factory sway bar, dropped spindles, decent shocks, and sway a ways are cheap ways to make it handle great.

Ive impressed more than one person with that simple setup.

 

sounds like a plan!
my front end is really soft... dead shocks! rear shocks are almost toast too..
im on the lookout for these parts, but im havin a hard time!
most toyotas that ive seen that i can scavenge frm are either 2wd or 4wd..
havent found a flatbed or 1ton for the front swaybar.

 

coillover setup

 

You can take the overload leaf off of the bottom of the stack and flip it upside-down, and put it on the top, between the leafs and axl. This will lower the rear about an inch, but will be considerably stiffer. Also, Belltech makes lowered leafs that are nice and stiff. They dont cost much, and handle 10X better than the OEM stack. Want to less gravitational bodyroll? Drop that truck! Especially if the rear is higher than the front. Belltech 2" spindles, crank down the torsions alittle, and install dropped shocks up front. Belltech 3" drop leafs in the rear. Maybe add some performance shocks in the rear. Aftermarket wheels with low-profile tires will also help alot. OEM wheels and tires will roll alot too. Downsize that sidewall, and you will notice the difference. The sporty performance of these trucks was not the focus when Toyota designed them. But with some in-expensive upgrades, they can be real sporty. Partially due to power to weight ratio. Hope this helped a little.