Bending a sway bar

Yeah! Don’t figure out how to do it right, just tell the man what he wants to hear! Redneck the **** out of it! Gitturdone! :rolleyes:

Sway bars are heat treated after being bent into the proper shape. Bending the bar to the point of deformation is going to change the strength of the bar. Heating the bar orange can also potentially change the heat treating, which could dramatically change the strength and torsional resistance of the bar.

This is a decent article, has some information from a Hellwig tech. By no means everything you need to know, but a decent preview on how much of a difference the heat treat can make and the specific process that has to be followed to achieve it.

Sway Bar Tech: Heat Treating and Why It's Important