Fitting GQ with Stabiliser disconnect

[Vanhack]

I have LWB GQ without a stabiliser disconnect, I was wondering whether if one can fit a stabilser disconnect to this GQ from a scrapped japanese safari?

[danaz]

I have bought the stabiliser disconnect, cable and in-cab lever to put in my car. I haven't actually put it in yet but it looks like it will be no problem.

[beretta]

I have one I am about to remove from my comp car if you want to buy a second hand one? PM if you're interested.

[voidroid]

I disconnected the rear stabiliser bar when lifting the truck with a forklift to test articulation. It made no difference! Am I wrong or is worrying about stabiliser disconnection a complete furphy?

[cooki_monsta]

it depends on your lift, your swaybars will be fine under say 3" but the bigger you go the more the stop articulation

[Vanhack]

I have a 2" OME lift with 33" tyres, might not be worth it then. Dont want to go any higher as keeping the COG low is important in the dunes out here.

[A*D*A*M]

I've got a '92 Ti with the factory in-cab stabiliser disconnects.

I was swapping in a 2" lift last weekend and had the car jacked up to remove springs. The stabiliser disconnects came to the end of their articulation about 2 inches short of the down travel of my +2inch shocks.
I'm going to buy the manual disconnects shortly to make use of the extra 2 inches of down-travel.

I probably wouldn't waste my time with fitting the factory option.

Adam.

[Yom]

The factory option also can't really cope with extended travel suspension.

What it does do with factory travel though is make the vehicle more stable under maximum travel.

Well, thats all it really does with mine. Less of that rocking feeling when you've got 2 opposing wheels in the air! Might improve travel by around an inch max.. Not really noticeable. Mind you've only had mine flexing in stupid places like small car swallowing gutters

[Vanhack]

Thanks for the feedback, I think I will drop this idea.

[Hoppy11]

I disconnected the rear stabiliser bar when lifting the truck with a forklift to test articulation. It made no difference! Am I wrong or is worrying about stabiliser disconnection a complete furphy?

Looks like they work in this thread
Hoppy
http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum/f27/ ... con-43774/

[Yom]

Thats a Heep. Oops I mean a Jeep.

The gq's factory rear sway is very light. It wouldnt make a huge amount of difference at all with standard travel. Of course it would improve if you had longer travel shocks BUT the disconnect would be rendered useless as soon as the rear drivers wheel went to full extension as you can bet it wouldn't move back up and get itself back inside the cylinder thingo without assistance.

All the GQ's rear release seems to be for is to make the vehicle easier to drive when you're at full travel - as I've noted it makes the vehicle feel more stable and pivot less (until you get back onroad and its very obvious to me that it is disconnected).

Hope that helps shed a bit more light on the matter.

I certaily wont be going out of my way to make the factory release on my GQ work with lifted and extended travel suspension!