Poll - sway/stabilizer
 

What should it be called?

hahaha

In the car world, people shouldn't be anal about what the "correct" term is,or at least what they think is right . There will always be 5 different terms for the same part.

As long as I know what you're talking about there's no reason to bitch, unlike some anal/elitist people around here, EHEM.

By the way I chose sway bar, it's definitely more universal than the other terms.

Sway bar is the most common term, but technically it is a "Anti-sway bar".

^ the truth...

lol close race sway vs anti sway ...lol

"maybe you should try a search" :P

LOL hahaha! i like that one i wonder who told you that?

True. "Stabilizer bar" is also commonly used in automotive engineering circles.

-Max

I grew up at the track in the Porsche club and have worked for a one of the best Porsche Mechanics in Northern VA/DC area and I never heard the term "Stabilizer bar" until recently.

I say ANTI-LIFT bar or "Reverse-Torsional Correction Bar" But Im putting in a V8 so go figure

I sent our friend stabilizer bar man a PM about this thread

what did he say?

anti-sway bar, I dare anyone to go into a mazda dealer and try to get them to give you a "stabilizer bar" pff

Nothing yet

Anti-stablizer bar. ;)

He said sciff is acting like spoiled little child who is tying to make a point, but in reality is just making herself look like a clueless shade tree mechanic.

The term found in every Mazda shop manual is stabilizer bar. In addition there have been several SAE and R&T articles about this.

Calling a Stabilizer bar a sway bar (radically wrong - it does nothing to increase sway) or anti-sway bar (closer to accurate, but still wrong in non bus/motorhome applications) is like calling a limited slip differential a posi-traction, or all refrigerators, Kenmores; all tires, white walls; or your neighbor Bob (even if his name was Jeff).

So, someone could continue to call a stabilizer bar, a sway bar, but after they have been told that it is inaccurate to continue to do so, well, it makes it look like they have a lack of intelligence when it comes to car parts. But then some people don't care about what others think of them.

I sure as hell dont.. get used to it

BTW from the poll most people seem to agree with me

doesn't mean that they are right.. just means that they don't know better.

i know what a stabilizer bar is.......



its the crude pole attatched to your peg leg... :molepoke:

The most popular term in racing circles is "anti-roll bar". The front and rear anti-roll bars are commonly called the FARB and RARB.

How is "roll" and "sway" any different in the car world except for persnickety pedants and their popularitist poll-making forum-player opponents?

Man you are just too cool for school! I yearn to be as intellectual as you are when it comes to correct automotive terms. Your unwavering support of the term "Stabilizer Bar" is awe inspiring. In fact I am going to begin a nationwide effort to ban the use of the words "Sway Bar" from all automotive circles. All those high paid Porshce owners and Porsche tuners I know need to be set straight because they obviously have no idea what they are talking about. To think they would even dare call a "Stabilizer Bar" a "Sway Bar". Oh it just makes me sick to my stomach now seeing how wrong they are. I'm off to change the world for the better, thanks for giving me a new found purpose in life!

and that is even more wrong, as they do nothing to prevent roll over.




But hey guys, if you want to call them the wrong thing that is your deal. Its a semi free country.


Because I call wheels, wheels too... so you can start a thread on weither they are called wheels, or rims (which is just part of the wheel) or mags (which is short for what some wheels used to be made of) or butthole mounts too.

And I call soft drinks like Coke or Sprite, by the name Soda's too... so you can start a poll on which one of those is correct, Soda's or Pop.

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And maybe that will make you feel vindicated, that because you do the same thing as the majority of people on this board... after all the Majority is always right, huh???:rolleyes: >end Edit>

yes and the brits call a trunk a "boot", a hood a "bonnet" and an elevator a "lift"

can you just take the stick out of your rear and agree on the fact that while the technical term may be 'stabalizer bar' and the popular term may be 'sway bar' or some other form.