Hey guys, I just went to my dealer today, while the guy was fixing my car, I saw a 2000 GLE on the lift so I took my time to check under the car. I couldn't figure out how an RSB interact with suspension on a 2001, the transversal beam ties both wheel together, and there is a swing arm on each side which are also soldered on the transversal beam ( dont know the name exactly ) If the rsb is attach to either the beam and the swing arm, it is absolutely useless... It doesn't affect the suspension at all. I must be wrong, and there must be an explaination, can someone light up my light please. Like they said a pic worth 1000 words.


Thanks for any response.

Cheers

Double A

 

All I can say is it definately works... how it does it.. ya got me.

 

The rear suspension has 3 major elements. The transverse beam (running laterally accross the car) and left and right trailing arms (running front to back). These 3 elements are welded solidly together to form a U-shape. When you go over a speed bump, both sides are compressed evenly and nothing happens. But when you go around a turn and the body rolls, one arm of the U gets pushed down while the other is pushed up. The mid section twists to accomodate this but acts like a torsional spring and wants to push the body back to upright position. When you add a RSB, all you are doing is adding another torsional spring to help prevent more twisting of the transverse beam thereby couteracting the body roll. Clear as mud, right?!

 

Hey Sly, thanks for your answer, you explanation make sense, but I would definetely like to see a pict of an installation on a 2001.

Cheers

Double A

 

Damn Sly, you should be a teacher. I am considering the RSB myself and didn't know exactly how it worked either. Your explanation was great and made perfect sense.

 

I couldn't figure out how a car with a beam axle could benefit from a RSB. I heard everyone extol the virtues of the RSB, so I went for it. Boy was I surprised. It really works. Body roll is cut by 85%. I noticed this mod more than the FSTB.

http://www.paulwendy.com/maxima/rsb.htm

 

What about a front sway bar? There's only one guy that I heard has it, not to mention that they're much harder to install. your thoughts...........

 

there's no aftermarket front sway bars for our cars.
but we do have factory sway bars! (believe it or not)...you can see these once you jack up your car and get underneath the front suspension...

 

Paul those are some great pics of the installation. Where did you get it from and how much was it?

 

Thanks!

I got my from Phuong of GR Racing, http://www.eatricezone.com/

I can't remember the exact price. Somewhere around $220 shipped.