SWAY BAR-REMOVE OR NOT?

From what I've seen there "isnt room for the bar to go anywhere once disco'd."

Personally, I ran them in Jeeps with discos, because the suspension is much lighter. I've got heavier springs on my truck, body roll is minimal and *I'm* more comfortable driving without one than in a Jeep.

 

My truck didn't have one when I got it and I could feel the body roll in turns (even with OME 885 springs) and it wasn't as stable on the highway. I put one back on and it takes turns a lot better and is safer in emergency maneuvers. If you spend 90% + of your time on the road, I would leave it on. If you know you're going on an offroad trip, remove it for that and put it back on when done.

 

Jeeps (or trophy trucks) don't have rubber CV joint boots to mangle. This topic has been beat to death in countless TW threads. There are even threads on homebrew disconnects. Search them out

 

not needed.

 

But, I'm here now - too lazy to do a search.

The sway bar may not be classified as a safety device but it can sure act as one in a panic swerve. I see it as a safety device, but I don't know of any vehicle inspection that look to see if it's missing or damaged. There could be one there; just never heard of one.

I took mine off about 20K ago when I replaced the OEM springs. The new springs provide good anti-roll properties to begin with but go into a turn hard and you'll definitely notice the difference. For the OP's described usage of his vehicle, I think it's best to leave it on.

 

I removed mine, I can definitely notice a lot of body roll. But I think that most of the body roll is because my suspension has 180k on it. I ran autocross for a season and I even snuck my truck into a track-day back when my truck had the swaybar and a lot less weight. So I agree with most everyone else, if you take your truck off-road enough and you understand that your truck will only handle so much body rol. l then yeah take it off and see how it drives.

 

Carole Baskin runs a swaybar.

 

My truck handles great for what it is but takes bumps like shit, my Porsche is better over bumps than my truck. I probably have way too much preload but have been consideringremoving the sway bar to see if it makes anydifference

Why do u have preload in ur Porsche

 

My LT front end with Kings shocks is WAY more stable than the oem setup with swaybar

 

Somewhere posted here, a while back, I thought the guys video was him showing how awesome his truck was with the swaybar removed. He had stock front springs I thought. Was doing donuts in the dirt. With no true effort flipped and trashed his truck.

 

At least try removing it. It's very quick and easy to remove, see how you like it. It ended up making a way bigger change than i expected in a good way.

This is coming from a stock truck with newer OE shocks in very good condition. Would probably be terrible with blown shocks like so many people drive on daily. Can't believe how much better it rides/handles over third world pavement, bumps, and parking lot entrances/exits. Can go twice as fast with half of the drama. Also got rid of the occasional scary loud suspension noises. It affected handling way less than i expected. A lot more front end body roll, but doesn't seem to have the negative effect you think it would because it's a truck with huge sidewalls anyway. Kinda makes your steering smoother rather than a fast jolt to the tires. Gives your sidewalls time to adapt rather than get a sudden shock load and jiggle all around. I drive kinda fast around corners and I can't believe how little difference it makes to the max cornering speed. I regularly haul ass around roundabouts. Very pleasantly surprised with the handling. I'm never putting mine back on unless I get a camper or something.