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Sway Bar Disconnects

Tech Talk for Rover owners.

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Sway Bar Disconnects

Post by max200tdi »

What do you guys think of this design?

http://www.sunperformance.com/suspension_products.htm

Seems to me to be quite neat. Easy to use, and no hassles with tying up the bar out of the way somewhere.

Only problem I can forsee is whether it might bind as the bar ends are forced to move through an arc coz of the panhard rod.

Ive got a Selbys item on the front. Love it for highway use, and long trips with a full roofrack - helps cut out that roll oversteer you sometimes get.

Bit its a PITA taking the whole think off for weekend hard yakka. And conventional disconnect designs seem to me to be more fiddly that they're worth.

Worth a go at making?

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Post by HSV Rangie »

Much easier this way.

Michael.
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Post by rick130 »

Damn Michael thats neat !
It never fails to amaze me that whenever I dream up a way to do something, some one has already done it !
Thats pretty much how a friend I used to work with and I planned on building some anti roll bar disconnects for his 110 about 5 years ago. The only difference would have been cable instead of solenoid activated. I think Mark even made some preliminary sketches, I know I have made a few.

Who built that setup ?
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Post by HSV Rangie »

Mitsubishi 2010 NT DID Pajero wagon, Factory rear diff lock, Dual batteries, ARB bar, winch, Mt ATZ 4 rib tyres.
1986 RR.
Custom suspension links etc.
HSV 215 engine.
4.3 diffs.
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Post by rick130 »

Thanks for the link Michael.
We were going to slide a collar along a spline ala Maxi Drive with an axle, so it isn't quite the same, but gives the same result.

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Post by Aquarangie »

I pissed mine off altogether. Rolls a bit on corners, but you get used to it.

It bothers some more than others, but for me I can handle to sway on corners knowing that I have good articulation off-road. What Micheal has pictured lookds like an intersting idea.

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Aquarangie

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Post by modman »

john, try wizard in qld.
they make them for nissans, but its so damn close to the rover design , check it out.
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Post by Jack Flash »

Modman, how do I contact "wizard" :?:

Thanks Jack
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Post by max200tdi »

Looking at again, I think the front drive shaft will hit the bar once Sam's bushes go in on my car. So, its back to the drawing board.

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Post by GRIMACE »

Jack Flash wrote:Modman, how do I contact "wizard" :?:

Thanks Jack



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Post by modman »

thanks anthony. :)
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Post by Bush65 »

I just pull the bolt between swaybar an link on one side and leave the other side connected. Make a little noise from time to time but nothing to worry about. About a min to put the bolt back but I only do this when a long highway trip comes up.
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Post by Jack Flash »

Thanks Tony P and Mod, will look tomorrow. Cheers :P
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