"PROGRAM" a stabilizer bar "to" vehicle ? HA!

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Reading for giggles through the service manual for my Pop's 2005 Ram 1500 I will be unfortunately pre-inheriting... and I find this.

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4. Install links (1) and nuts (3) to the stabilizer bar (2).
Hold the link shaft with a wrench and tighten the
nuts to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.).
5. Remove the supports and lower the vehicle.
6. Using a scan tool program the new stabilizer bar to
the vehicle.

Now, his doesn't need a stabilizer now, that I know of, but I find this claim to "program" the stabilizer to be hilarious.

It's a 2005, does it have a darn chip inside of it ??? LOL
 
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Probably an issue with the stability control; when I increased the rear roll stiffness by 50% on my MS3 the stability control would intervene at the first hint of TTO.
 
I would expect this to the norm on a Range Rover or a Lexus GX/Toyota 4Runner with roll bar articulation control.
 
Originally Posted By: MCompact
Probably an issue with the stability control; when I increased the rear roll stiffness by 50% on my MS3 the stability control would intervene at the first hint of TTO.


Yes - could be a case where the manufacturer who assembles this vehicle could knows better than the OP.

No pickups don't need a stability bar-It's my understand by installing one you see a very small difference in handling. It IS A TRUCK.
 
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What year did Dodge/Jeep start having the anti-roll bars that you hit a button and the links detached on their own? Part of an off-road package for better suspension articulation.
 
Originally Posted By: SumpChump
Reading for giggles through the service manual for my Pop's 2005 Ram 1500 I will be unfortunately pre-inheriting... and I find this.

QUOTE:
4. Install links (1) and nuts (3) to the stabilizer bar (2).
Hold the link shaft with a wrench and tighten the
nuts to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.).
5. Remove the supports and lower the vehicle.
6. Using a scan tool program the new stabilizer bar to
the vehicle.

Now, his doesn't need a stabilizer now, that I know of, but I find this claim to "program" the stabilizer to be hilarious.

It's a 2005, does it have a darn chip inside of it ??? LOL


Sorry you know so little about cars.

This could be to program stability/roll control and/or electronically controlled shocks/springs.
 
Originally Posted By: CKN
No pickups don't need a stability bar-It's my understand by installing one you see a very small difference in handling. It IS A TRUCK.


Controlling body roll is very important if you don't like things like ROLLING OVER ON AN ON/OFF RAMP
 
Originally Posted By: KingCake
Originally Posted By: SumpChump
Reading for giggles through the service manual for my Pop's 2005 Ram 1500 I will be unfortunately pre-inheriting... and I find this.

QUOTE:
4. Install links (1) and nuts (3) to the stabilizer bar (2).
Hold the link shaft with a wrench and tighten the
nuts to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.).
5. Remove the supports and lower the vehicle.
6. Using a scan tool program the new stabilizer bar to
the vehicle.

Now, his doesn't need a stabilizer now, that I know of, but I find this claim to "program" the stabilizer to be hilarious.

It's a 2005, does it have a darn chip inside of it ??? LOL


Sorry you know so little about cars.

This could be to program stability/roll control and/or electronically controlled shocks/springs.


LOL This thing doesn't have any roll control system or electronic shock absorbers. It's probably some stupid stability control. Man are we ever slaves to these computers. Meet thing you know the cars won't go into gear if a headlamp is burnt out.
 
Originally Posted By: KingCake
Originally Posted By: CKN
No pickups don't need a stability bar-It's my understand by installing one you see a very small difference in handling. It IS A TRUCK.


Controlling body roll is very important if you don't like things like ROLLING OVER ON AN ON/OFF RAMP



Well....most trucks do not come from the factory with rear ones...............That is what I was referring to in my post if I wasn't clear.
 
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Originally Posted By: SumpChump
It's probably some stupid stability control. Man are we ever slaves to these computers.

That "stupid stability control" is mandated on all new cars by the NHTSA. I doubt that automakers want to lard-up their products with such expensive, complicated nonsense.
 
I'm pretty certain dodge trucks did not have stability control in 2005.

Front sway bars do make a difference in pickups. Personal experience, not a guess.

Saying they hooked up to obd port is an easy way to add $$$ to the bill.
 
Originally Posted By: SumpChump
Originally Posted By: KingCake
Originally Posted By: SumpChump
Reading for giggles through the service manual for my Pop's 2005 Ram 1500 I will be unfortunately pre-inheriting... and I find this.

QUOTE:
4. Install links (1) and nuts (3) to the stabilizer bar (2).
Hold the link shaft with a wrench and tighten the
nuts to 149 N·m (110 ft. lbs.).
5. Remove the supports and lower the vehicle.
6. Using a scan tool program the new stabilizer bar to
the vehicle.

Now, his doesn't need a stabilizer now, that I know of, but I find this claim to "program" the stabilizer to be hilarious.

It's a 2005, does it have a darn chip inside of it ??? LOL


Sorry you know so little about cars.

This could be to program stability/roll control and/or electronically controlled shocks/springs.


LOL This thing doesn't have any roll control system or electronic shock absorbers. It's probably some stupid stability control. Man are we ever slaves to these computers. Meet thing you know the cars won't go into gear if a headlamp is burnt out.

That truck won't go into gear if the brake light switch fails. I've had it happen on an 05.
 
Originally Posted By: Srt20

That truck won't go into gear if the brake light switch fails. I've had it happen on an 05.


Can't you work around this by starting it in neutral?
 
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Srt20

That truck won't go into gear if the brake light switch fails. I've had it happen on an 05.


Can't you work around this by starting it in neutral?

You can't get truck out of park. Luckily it's a cheap and easy fix to replace the switch. Replacing the shift cable is also relatively easy too, after your wife breaks it because the brake light switch won't let it shift out of park......first hand experience on both of those lol.
 
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Originally Posted By: Srt20
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Srt20

That truck won't go into gear if the brake light switch fails. I've had it happen on an 05.


Can't you work around this by starting it in neutral?

You can't get truck out of park. Luckily it's a cheap and easy fix to replace the switch. Replacing the shift cable is also relatively easy too, after your wife breaks it because the brake light switch won't let it shift out of park......first hand experience on both of those lol.


LOL. You have quite the wife ( I mean that is a cool way) I've read two post about here recently, one hitting a rev limiter and another here. Is she a racer? She sounds like a motorsports fan, lucky you.
 
Originally Posted By: SumpChump
Originally Posted By: Srt20
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: Srt20

That truck won't go into gear if the brake light switch fails. I've had it happen on an 05.


Can't you work around this by starting it in neutral?

You can't get truck out of park. Luckily it's a cheap and easy fix to replace the switch. Replacing the shift cable is also relatively easy too, after your wife breaks it because the brake light switch won't let it shift out of park......first hand experience on both of those lol.


LOL. You have quite the wife ( I mean that is a cool way) I've read two post about here recently, one hitting a rev limiter and another here. Is she a racer? She sounds like a motorsports fan, lucky you.


I don't recall posting that she hit the rev limiter, but I know she has on more then one occasion, including on our durango when it had about 300 miles on it and couldn't figure out why it wasn't shifting. She inadvertently hit the paddle shifters.
She is not a racer, but when we met, I raced cars. I continued to race until right before we started having kids. My last race was in 2010. I loved racing, hated all the hours spent in the shop.

I fix all my own stuff, so driving them as hard as we want doesn't bother me. I enjoy working on cars now much more than when I was forced to by racing.
 
Lets all sit around the internet campfire and drink digital beers, boy they sure dont make OS's like they made Windows XP.

Pass the spittoon.
 
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