Sway bars - keep or remove?

[Roky]

I disconnect the sway bar as soon as possible too, but I've got it on '-' where you've got your rear lockers. I've already got a button for that one and it works well for me.

I've also never run into a scenario where front lockers w/o rears was the obvious solution. Locking the fronts has always been my last resort. Maybe there are some specific trails where just locking the fronts works best?

Just once I’ve been in a situation where the rear lockers was pushing me sideways on a slick, muddy ledge, disengaged rear and turned front on by itself and it pulled it up , but this was back when I had my lockers wired to my aux switches before Tazer…..

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[Zandcwhite]

I disconnect the sway bar as soon as possible too, but I've got it on '-' where you've got your rear lockers. I've already got a button for that one and it works well for me.

I've also never run into a scenario where front lockers w/o rears was the obvious solution. Locking the fronts has always been my last resort. Maybe there are some specific trails where just locking the fronts works best?

I find some ledges, especially undercut ones that it is better to have the front pulling you up than the rears trying to dig under in unison. It's not super common, although climbs are usually the place where I need lockers and so I usually start with the front. I find especially on slick muddy climbs the locked rear will push the front off line often. Locked in the front will help it pull in the direction the wheels are pointed.

 

[Old Jeeper]

So i just installed a 4 inch lift , and wanted to hear everyones opinion of who has removed there sway bars or kept them? The rear one is gone don’t need it ( My opinion) but the front one im going back and forth on.

This is always one of my favorite threads. It comes down to two things, those that know what sway bars do, and those that don’t.,

i’ve been driving jeeps for a long time since 1965. I would not run a Jeep without sway bars. Why? sway bars work at controlling Lateral sway. They also assist in braking and an acceleration.

Sway bars, primary purpose is to keep your tires planted on terra firma!

When you remove the jobs that sway bars, do you endanger yourself and others on the road?

So you want to be hard-core wheeler? Do you wanna play with the big boys? You were drive up and down Pritchard Canyon like it’s a Sunday afternoon in town then I strongly suggest take a hard look at curry rock jocks it’s what I run.

Yes I know Jeep. Rubicon disconnects the sway bar, but what they do is limit, the vertical travel.

 

[Roky]

Yes I know Jeep. Rubicon disconnects the sway bar, but what they do is limit, the vertical travel.

This is incorrect…..I refer you to post #26 in this thread…..

 

[Ratbert]

Yes I know Jeep. Rubicon disconnects the sway bar, but what they do is limit, the vertical travel.

The Rubicon disconnects limit vertical travel??

 

[MrMischief]

On my previous TJs after a lift they both lost their rear swaybar because I'm cheap, lazy, and I felt they were not necessary. Afterwards I did not notice an improvement offroad, or it being any worse either. On road there might have been a slight difference but not one I was concerned about. Both TJs also eventually lost their front swaybars as well as I grew tired of disconnecting them with the JKS quicker disconnects. On road it certainly made a difference, random passengers would comment on it, but it never bothered me. I suppose if you try to swerve around something on the highway it could be bad, but just keep in mind what you've done and it's not an issue. I wouldn't remove the swaybars if I had kids that drove my Jeep, but as the only one who drove it I view it as a non-issue. I primarily offroad on rocks in Colorado, perhaps other offroad situations would require it.

 

[Old Jeeper]

This is incorrect…..I refer you to post #26 in this thread…..

Sorry for the delay…on a business trip not goin to be back until 18 Dec…that said I was told the did limit articulation….if they do not I will stand corrected!

 

[Roky]

Sorry for the delay…on a business trip not goin to be back until 18 Dec…that said I was told the did limit articulation….if they do not I will stand corrected!

Yeah, as long as the end links are long enough to match up to the extended length of the shocks, there’s no restriction….. guys that run to short of links on lifted rigs are usually the ones complaining, lol… also a double ended heim end link works even better…

 

[Old Jeeper]

The Rubicon disconnects limit vertical travel??

If You say it I believe it!!!

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