Sway bar disconnects...

[007]

...your thoughts please. Do these make sense?

 

[Lumpy Grits]

Took my sway bar off the day I brought my '7' home in March of 1985.
Still drive'n the Jeep every day.
LG

 

[007]

Yeah I read recently where you did that. Not sure I want to on mine so that's why I wondered if the disconnects are decent middle ground...?

 

[Techlight]

...your thoughts please. Do these make sense?

I have a similar wondering...curious how this post shakes up

I bought a used set of JKS disconnects on the cheap for the CJ but have yet to install them. So subsequently I'm still running the stock swaybar.

 

[HackFabrication]

I have them on mine:



Can't give any feedback, because it's still not on the road or trail.

They might be a real PITA to disconnect and then re-connect if you are going from road to trail and back again.

 

[caveman]

The suspension on a CJ is stiff enough so that you don't need a sway bar. Try it your self. Unhook the links and wire them up out of the way and drive it for a while. The sway bar was an attempt to keep the jeeps from rolling over and they finally figured out that it was the nut behind the steering wheel that was causing it.

 

[Torxhead]

Driving with and without the bar hooked up on the street, my CJ does seem to handle a bit better with it I think. That is with the high arch 4" lift and off road shocks. I am content with just leaving it disconnected for the better performance in the dirt and save having to disconnect it. My CJ is not a DD though.

 

[Posi]

To answer your question regarding the sway bar "disconnects".
I would recommend using them for offroad use.
One of the drawbacks of using a sway bar offroad without disconnects is if you hit a bump with one wheel, you will feel it in the other wheel, this can cause a waddling effect.
When turning left or right it will also cause the inside tire to lift loosing traction.

You want the axle to roll as freely as possible if your keeping your sway bar I would recommend using disconnects.

I found a good use for my sway bar on a brake I made.

 

[007]

Thanks to all of you... I think I might pick up a set from Rocky Road, they seem to feel their set is easier to re-connect when going back to the street...that is unless anyone has any other experience with a good set...

 

[tarry99]

Thanks to all of you... I think I might pick up a set from Rocky Road, they seem to feel their set is easier to re-connect when going back to the street...that is unless anyone has any other experience with a good set...

It's doubtful that if your leaf spring suspension resembles anything near a stock suspension system that disconnects will do you much good either way. Basically most factory and aftermarket systems unless custom built are in the stiff range and the sway bar just adds to the progressive spring rate already present.

If you were to have a custom extended leaf flexy type suspension and your driving was both on and off the road then a sway bar to control flex and body roll would be mandatory while on the street.

Sway bars / torsion bars are a great tool to make your suspension work much better be it in a Linear or Progressive range.........

These disconnects are by far the best for easy access: Wrangler-YJ-CJ5-CJ7-CJ8-Sway-Bar-Disconnect

 

[007]

Well perhaps I should just unhook mine and tie it up and take it a spin, and then just unhook it again in Colorado for the week and see if these are worth it. They aren't cheap...

 

[Lumpy Grits]

The suspension on a CJ is stiff enough so that you don't need a sway bar. Try it your self. Unhook the links and wire them up out of the way and drive it for a while. The sway bar was an attempt to keep the jeeps from rolling over and they finally figured out that it was the nut behind the steering wheel that was causing it.

The ONLY reason a sway bar was ever installed was thanks to the CBS 'hack' job on the Jeep CJ rollovers. It was total BS.
Your Jeep will ride smoother, and not beat you to death when you dump the sway bar.
LG

 

[Neuner]

I don't have sway bars on mine but I'm thinking about adding one to the front with disconnects. I have the 4" RE suspension and although it's fine under normal driving circumstances, it's difficult to keep under control during very hard braking.

When I had my XJ with a 2" OME, it handled about the same. I only had the front sway bar on with disconnects like Hack showed. I used it on the road for the same reason. It was much easier to control while braking.

 

[Lumpy Grits]

Why 'fix' what ain't broke??
The sway bar frame brackets put allot of stress on the frame also.
LG