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What do the sway bar links do?
Wiki User
October 02, 2007 8:58PM
A sway bar is a torsion bar mounted laterally on a suspension
and is designed to reduce side sway. The sway bar attempts to
accomplish this by transferring movement from one side of the
suspension to the other. This is done through the connection of a
torsion bar to each side of an axle by flexible links. (Sway bar
links)
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