A Carli The torsion sway bar is a great upgrade as it allows for easier articulation and smoother ride with single sided bumps. Instead of the stiff, stock sway bar throwing you out of your seat over ruts or in/out of driveways, a torsion sway bar will glide right over those features and allow the suspension to soak things up without transferring that energy to the cab.
Like any other spring native to a stock Super Duty, the factory Sway Bar is nearly immobile. Conversely, it’s the most neglected spring on the vehicle as people fail to look past the front coils and rear leaf springs when looking to “soften” the factory ride. Well, the factory sway bar is essentially a brace locking the axle to the frame. What does this mean? What you hit with one tire is immediately transferred to the other tire and into the frame causing a high frequency reverberation/chatter felt in the cab. If you’ve ever hit a manhole cover on the driver’s side tire and felt a shake in the entire truck or you’ve ever entered an off-camber driveway and smacked your head on the window – you can thank the factory sway bar. Truth be told, it’s responsible for many of the small-bump compliance gripes thanks to immobility.
So where does the factory sway bar come in? These trucks are heavy pigs… Even being radius arms (MUCH better for sway control than a 4-Link), a bit of supporting spring rate plays a substantial roll in keeping the body roll in check and suspension composed. The Factory sway bar is setup to load the truck to it’s MAX legal weight and haul it safely – for this application, there’s no better bar. Throw a 3,500 pound cab-over camper in the bed and hit some remote mountain roads en-route to your destination and it all starts to make sense why Ford did what they did.
For everyone that’s not loaded to the GVWR daily, the Carli Torsion Sway Bar provides the final link lightening the last spring on the truck maximizing the ride quality of the Super Duty Platform. Keeping your factory bar limits comfort, removing it completely makes for questionable control when hauling or emergency maneuvering. After several revisions and years in development, the Carli Torsion Sway Bar Splits the Difference perfectly allowing a small amount of differentiation side to side before progressively engaging to add the needed control as leverage is applied. Rip corners in the dirt with surgical precision knowing there’s exactly enough rate to hold the body steady while cutting your line through the dirt. Hit the tarmac and enjoy the benefit of the lighter rate bar cruising around town with it’s on-road feel reminiscent of an independent front suspension – no more chassis reverberation on small bumps and let the suspension dance in the level cab while hitting off-camber driveways
Please note: End links are REQUIRED for proper function. Unless you already have them, they are not optional.
SKU: CS-FTSB-LVL-17
– Direct Fitment to Carli Leveling Lifts
– Replaces Immobile Factory Sway Bar with Custom Torsion Bar
– Huge Ride Quality Improvement
– Includes CS-FEL-LVL-17 Drop Brackets and Sway Bar Links
– Fitment: 2017+ Ford F250/F350 4×4
Customer Reviews
Super professional, these guys lived up to their great reputation in the offroad suspension upgrading industry. Project on time, and they went above/beyond the expectations. I would highly recommend CJC!!
So far, I'm very happy with the level kit. The torsion sway bar made a big difference. My shocks were damaged during shipping and never made it to my house. CJC took over a week to resend new shocks out. I think they should've reshipped immediately when they received the damage notification from UPS. I called and emailed and felt ghosted for a few days.
2019 Super duty King Ranch 37K miles.
My wife and I ordered and installed a Carli Backcountry 2.0 Suspension System, Carli Suspension Leaf Spring Shackles, Carli (soft ride) Leaf Springs, Carli Torsion Sway Bar and Carli High Mount Stainless (steering) Stabilizer.
Everything was delivered on one pallet, in excellent condition, in a very timely manner.
We took our time with the install and everything fit perfect. We even installed a S&B 60 gallon fuel tank, while installing the rear springs.
We test drove after installing the rear springs, shackles and fuel cell. We immediately noticed a considerable ride improvement. This made us excited to get started on the front.
Once install was complete, we rechecked everything. Test drive was amazing!! Straightened steering wheel and made normal driving trips for the next week.
With confidence at an all time high for the Super duty, we left for a 1200 mile trip from W. Kentucky to Biloxi, Mississippi, to South Florida. We've made this trip with a 2018 F-150 with Bilstein improved suspension. The F150 handled the trip with the exception of several hundred miles of rough Mississippi roads. We've also made the trip with our current 2019 Super duty while completely stock. The stock Super duty made us want our F150 back.
Our trip over same roads with Carli equipped Super duty was wonderful! We were in disbelief as to how well the Super duty performed. Carli transformed the Super duty into a comfortable riding, pleasant driving machine.
We were looking only for a suspension upgrade. Aesthetics were not as important us, but Carli also improved the look of the truck. Front raised 2.5" and the rear stayed the same. This made our truck sit 1/2" higher in the rear. Looks perfect.
Our sincere thanks to everyone at CJC & Carli.
Got the commuter with the torsion traction bar and the soft ride leaf springs. Truck rides and drives better than stock. Wheel tire combo clears with plenty of room 35x12.5R22 with 22x10x-10 wheels 37x 13.5 does not clear! Could with some trimming on fender
Great suspension the very best
