How to Use sway bar in a Sentence

sway bar

noun
  • Handling is also bolstered by the front sway bar.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • The suspension has also been revised and features a new sway bar and shocks.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 May 2025
  • Springs of every size and weight, sway bars, flips, toggles and steering wheels—every corner is full.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Yet on a rainy, slippery night, Flores climbed to the top of her precarious sway bar.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Specifically, the radio, heater, and front sway bar were deleted.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
  • The sway bar links are also active in another industry first.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Suspension upgrades include front and rear lowering springs and sway bars.
    — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • To cut weight, the Demon does use a smaller front sway bar and brakes than the Hellcat, but customers are free to lard back up.
    — WSJ, 20 July 2017
  • Chassis maintenance includes new ball joints and tie-rod ends plus fresh bushings for the lower control arms, sway bar, and tension rod.
    — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 May 2019
  • Gearheads can tinker with a car's suspension, tire pressure, intake manifold, engine block, sway bars, clutch, the works.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2015
  • The only things that went wrong on the trip (truck wise) were a broken sway bar end link and one of my aftermarket fog lights loosened on its mount, pivoting out of alignment.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a quick-disconnect sway bar underneath for better articulation, but Jeep didn’t go nuts with the hardware.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
  • An aftermarket Carli torsion sway bar keeps the EarthRoamer from handling like a bloated tow truck.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 Jan. 2023
  • This spendy extra includes carbon fiber front and rear sway bars and coupling rods, plus some carbon fiber bits on the interior, dropping another 13lbs.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Surprisingly, the Elise and Exige only left the factory with a front sway bar, no rear (other than on dedicated race cars).
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But Comfort still stays nice and smooth—remember, McLarens don’t use sway bars, instead relying on a nifty hydraulic roll control system.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • But sway bars go wrong when that smooth, flat ground turns angry and bumpy, diminishing the independent wheel articulation that helps to absorb impacts and boost traction through the rough stuff.
    — New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Put it in Rock Crawl mode and disconnect the front sway bar (and use the Bronco’s available exterior cameras to navigate those rocks).
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • According to the seller, the car's suspension has Bilstein B12 struts, camber plates, and new front control arm bushings and a rear sway bar.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 29 July 2022
  • RideTech shocks, sway bars, and side exhausts were also installed, as was a completely custom four-link rear suspension by Ringbrothers.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The active sway bars serve to further enhance Polaris' already versatile Dynamix suspension suite.
    — New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
  • When combined with the disconnected sway bar and locking differential, these technologies kept the Tacoma moving through deep ruts and over large rocks during our off-road torture test.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Among these are locking the front and rear differentials (since this is a true four-wheel-drive vehicle, there is no center differential) disengaging the front sway bar or activating trail turn assist.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The Rebel makes do without the Power Wagon's disconnecting sway bar, sacrificing a measure of front wheel travel in exchange for a more rigid setup.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Improved athleticism is owed to the restomod’s coil-over suspension, front sway bar, 18-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport tires, and Baer disc brakes.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Other competition modifications include a Greenwood-specific front and rear suspension with trailing arms and sway bars.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 May 2023
  • As with aftermarket switchable sway bar systems, drivers can lock the sway bars in place for better handling and stability at speed and unlock them completely for maximum articulation during bumpy rock crawls.
    — New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The next generation, known as the 958, dropped the two-speed transfer case, locking differentials, and electronically disconnecting sway bars from the platform.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
  • The setup translates to significant articulation off-road, despite passive suspension that uses traditional shock dampers and no disconnecting sway bars.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Finally, a row of buttons on top of the dash allow quick access to locking differentials, sway bar disconnect and Trail Turn Assist settings on Broncos with those features.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 28 June 2021

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