sway bar

noun

, Automotive.

1. stabilizer bar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sway bar¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Toyota doesn’t offer an electronic disconnect, but drivers who want that feature can invest in aftermarket modifications to their sway bar ends and brackets so they can be disconnected manually.

From Outside Online

A vehicle’s sway bar keeps the body level and stable around corners, but it limits the wheels’ articulation, something that rock-crawlers rely on to let one wheel sink into a rut or float over a boulder.

From Outside Online

When combined with a new front sway bar that doesn’t disconnect, and is much stiffer than that used on the TRD Off Road, there are limits in articulation over large obstacles.

From Outside Online

To address that disparity, some of the other most capable off-road vehicles also come with disconnecting sway bars, but none include a system as simple or robust as the KDSS.

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