Thinking about installing the Hellwig. I don’t anticipate towing very often, but I’ve heard it makes the truck a bit more stable in turns. The ride is already great and I wouldn’t want to do anything to change that. Can you give us your thoughts on how it’s affected your ride? Thanks.
The sway bar doesn't really affect up and down motion. It just controls side to side and body roll. So, it makes it feel better in turns without affecting the ride going straight down the road. There is a tradeoff, though, if you do any serious offroading. The stiffer control of body roll means that it is more limiting to the suspension's articulation - so it doesn't handle rock crawling type of stuff as well.
The sway bar is awesome except the bushings are squeaky
- I ended up using the end links from my BDS kit insead of the supplied ones.... I need to find some bad *** grease...other than that it makes a huge difference- Im on the middle setting.
I only used the grease that came with mine. Had it on for a few months and several thousand miles. I haven't heard any squeaking yet.
T nut rail for my short bed w/Multifunctuon tailgate. Use it to mount my motorcycle wheel chock and a winch, to pull the bike into the bed.
Beds with MFT and brackets have a well-reinforced box-section forward lip. Couldn’t do this without that.
Interesting. What does your wheel chock setup look like?
When I need to haul my motorcycle, I use this wheel chock:
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$60 from Harbor Freight. It doesn't install. I just set it in the bed when I'm going to use it, and take it out when I'm not using it.
The upright portion is adjustable position. I have it set just far enough back so that the front of the chock can be up against the bed wall and the front wheel of the bike is far enough back to not hit my rolled up tonneau cover (a Bak Revolver X4). 2 tie-down straps from the lower triple clamp to the bed loops in the front corners of the bed and the bike isn't going anywhere. I put 2 more tie-down straps on the back of the bike just to make sure the back of the bike doesn't move side to side at all (e.g. if I go over bumps while cornering).
This setup is working well for hauling my KTM 1290 Super Adventure. I don't need a winch. I just drive the bike up a ramp (walking up a ramp next to it as I drive it up). Of course, if the engine were dead, getting it up there would be dang near impossible without a very convenient ditch or something. Or at least a couple of buddies to push it.