Sway Bar Connected Vs. Disconnected With an Interesting Observation

The one that Chris posted seems to be a solid design. It completely removes the part that moves and interferes with the cv's. In fact the prerunners may still be able to disconnect theirs. I'm not sure if it would go down so far as to contact the lca or go up and hurt something there.

 

I took mine off and it's staying off

 

The Jeep (iirc) "auto" disconnect works very much like that. Two splined caps fit together to create the "bar" when the sway bar is in use. The slide apart when the sway bar is "disco"

I haven't run into any situation where I wished I had a sway bar....but I've been in plenty that not having it in helped me put power to the ground.

 

indeed

(he said as he sits back in large armchair by a roaring fire smoking a sherlock pipe reviewing all the facts)

 

Considering the relative strength of the two items, I think the LCA is more likely to hurt the swaybar.

 

would you recomend it if i do 80% street
im dying to loose it

 

haha.

This is true but I still wouldn't want my sway bar loving it up on my lca. The sway bar could also go up and wreak havoc possibly on the brake line. I'm not sure though as I didn't test that for obvious reasons.

 

Just a good time to mention guys:

If you get into an accident and insurance finds out you removed your swaybar, good luck.

That said, there's plenty of reasons why you might want to.

 

i like the idea of doing a set of splines in the middle with a sleeve that slips back to disconnect the two... but then you run into the problem of those with skid plates not being able to access the sleeve, so then your talking about a electric disconnect and thats bound to be big money there.

 

This is true to. So it seems that what Chris posted is about the only way that you can enjoy no sway bar without completely ditching it.

 

yea i've never seen it done like that before.

 

i don't know if it would clear all of our other suspension components (probably hits the UCA or something), but my buddy has a land rover discovery 2 and his sway bar is setup jsut how ours is. when he goes to the trails, he unbolts the two links from the spindle (both sides) and rotates the whole bar upwards, then ties it securely out of the way using 550 cord (parachute cord). he's done that for years and never had an issue, but like i said, another one of out suspension components probably gets in the way. it works easily for him because he has a solid front axel.

 

That could work as you said, as long as nothing is in the way. When both sides are disconnected it does spin freely as it's designed to.

 

i miss my sway bar












































NOT

 

i ditched mine a long time ago but pretty sure i tried that route before removing it completely. as i remember it hits one of the suspension components thus not allowing it to spin up out of the way.

 

Kind of what I was thinking as well.
If it can be secured out of the way for trail use and just put the links back for you daily street use seems like the best way.
Something else to mess with now!!!!

 

yeah, i took mine completely off about a year ago, and i think i remember something getting in the way....just can't remember for sure.

 

don't bother.... it doesn't work.

 

Thanks for confirming. So that leaves three options-completely on, completely off, or some contraption like the one Chris posted.

 

If you have quality aftermarket coil overs, I'd just remove it.