Removing front sway bar

Post by **lazercft** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:41 pm

Removed the front sway bar on my 93 Mitsi L200 the other day, It drove quite well with only a slight amount of additional roll in the front end. I have since put it back on but would running without it improve wheel travel off road. Would this be dangerous on road though?

Post by **cloughy** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:49 pm

Put it in za bin

Restricts travel yet the comprimise in onroad manners its well worth discarding it

Post by **ronoor** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:51 pm

off road unreal on road body roll drive acordingly

Post by **Aerenandmel** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:29 pm

my brother got knocked back on his pink sliip till he put his sway bar back in. (NSW) So could this indead become a problem if you had an accident , Could insurance reject your claim if they picked up on it. But in the end I dont have mine in & dont plan on putting it back in.

Post by **GQ Bear** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:35 pm

cloughy wrote:Put it in za bin

Restricts travel yet the comprimise in onroad manners its well worth discarding it

maybe if all 4wdrivers binned their stabi's we wouldn't have such a bad name with other motorists

BIN IT!!!

Post by **G_loomis** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:31 am

File it under B....

for BIN

Post by **Vulcanised** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:03 pm

it's not that difficult to make disconnects for it if there are none available. It does make a difference on the road especially on the highway.... you won't notice much in the burbs...... but on the highway you can. a lot of people can do without them and put up with the body roll...... but if you have an accident, your insurance will be voided if they discover you removed part of your suspension. If somebody is hurt, you may well be charged. I prefer not to take the risk. I made a clever disconnect on the Rodeo when i had it... and made the ones for the pootrol.... took about an hour and a bit of muckin around. Even with 6" of lift it corners well.

Post by **HotFourOk** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:44 pm

RoeDao wrote:it's not that difficult to make disconnects for it if there are none available. It does make a difference on the road especially on the highway.... you won't notice much in the burbs...... but on the highway you can. a lot of people can do without them and put up with the body roll...... but if you have an accident, your insurance will be voided if they discover you removed part of your suspension. If somebody is hurt, you may well be charged. I prefer not to take the risk. I made a clever disconnect on the Rodeo when i had it... and made the ones for the pootrol.... took about an hour and a bit of muckin around. Even with 6" of lift it corners well.

pics?

Post by **Vulcanised** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:30 am

of which one? the troll? i have to take a couple. Going out for a H/R burn shortly.... will get some when i get home after lunch

Post by **cloughy** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:58 am

RoeDao wrote:it's not that difficult to make disconnects for it if there are none available. It does make a difference on the road especially on the highway.... you won't notice much in the burbs...... but on the highway you can. a lot of people can do without them and put up with the body roll...... but if you have an accident, your insurance will be voided if they discover you removed part of your suspension. If somebody is hurt, you may well be charged. I prefer not to take the risk. I made a clever disconnect on the Rodeo when i had it... and made the ones for the pootrol.... took about an hour and a bit of muckin around. Even with 6" of lift it corners well.

Its a shame that your insurance could be null and void just for altering a component of your suspension

Post by **Beastmavster** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:15 am

Easy to remove with minimal difference, but the insurance risks are the problem.

For my Maverick, I run swaybar disconnects on the front. I will be going back to front and rear swaybars (very soft spring rates) but have disconnects at both ends.

Post by **suzuki boy** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:45 am

The one of my suzi is in the shed somewere just incase i need to put it back on for a road worthy. CHUCK IT

Post by **-Scott-** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:57 am

My Paj hits opposing bumpstops with the swaybar on, so I don't see the point in disconnecting it - disconnecting might allow opposite sides to hit the stops earlier, but I'm not hardcore enough for it to bother me.

I've removed the rear sway bar, and that's made a significant difference - it's much easier to keep all tyres on the ground now. I look at it that the sway bar increases the spring rate in roll - I've put in heavy duty springs which are almost double the original spring rate, so I don't need the sway bar. It certainly handles OK driving through the Adelaide Hills - I'm not the rolling roadblock!

Scott

Post by **HotFourOk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:01 pm

-Scott- wrote:I look at it that the sway bar increases the spring rate in roll - I've put in heavy duty springs which are almost double the original spring rate, so I don't need the sway bar. It certainly handles OK

This is what i did also, I put in ironman HD coils and removed the swaybar at the same time... It handles better now anyways

And the coils can fully compress on articulation

Spose i should space the stops down an inch or so

Post by **badger** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:29 pm

i took mine off my triton and it is back on now
it made a huge difference of road but towing and carying loads in the back it was undriveable

Post by **Vulcanised** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:13 pm

cloughy wrote:
RoeDao wrote:it's not that difficult to make disconnects for it if there are none available. It does make a difference on the road especially on the highway.... you won't notice much in the burbs...... but on the highway you can. a lot of people can do without them and put up with the body roll...... but if you have an accident, your insurance will be voided if they discover you removed part of your suspension. If somebody is hurt, you may well be charged. I prefer not to take the risk. I made a clever disconnect on the Rodeo when i had it... and made the ones for the pootrol.... took about an hour and a bit of muckin around. Even with 6" of lift it corners well.
Its a shame that your insurance could be null and void just for altering a component of your suspension

my disconnects have been engineered

Post by **turps** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:50 pm

RoeDao wrote:
cloughy wrote:
RoeDao wrote:it's not that difficult to make disconnects for it if there are none available. It does make a difference on the road especially on the highway.... you won't notice much in the burbs...... but on the highway you can. a lot of people can do without them and put up with the body roll...... but if you have an accident, your insurance will be voided if they discover you removed part of your suspension. If somebody is hurt, you may well be charged. I prefer not to take the risk. I made a clever disconnect on the Rodeo when i had it... and made the ones for the pootrol.... took about an hour and a bit of muckin around. Even with 6" of lift it corners well.
Its a shame that your insurance could be null and void just for altering a component of your suspension
my disconnects have been engineered

I no lawyer. But GQ's had a model with no stabiliser bar fitted front or rear, from the factory. So there should not be a problem.

Post by **Vulcanised** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:26 am

i don't know what model either..... but mine had them so rather than risk a crap load of body roll on the highway, and i spend most of my time on the highway........ it was easier to make disconnects for it. Including the rear one, which has an in-cab disconnect. Only drama is you have to lay in the dirt to release them and lay in the dirt again to reconnect them.

Post by **-Scott-** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:37 am

RoeDao wrote:i don't know what model either..... but mine had them so rather than risk a crap load of body roll on the highway, and i spend most of my time on the highway........ it was easier to make disconnects for it. Including the rear one, which has an in-cab disconnect. Only drama is you have to lay in the dirt to release them and lay in the dirt again to reconnect them.

So have a few more beers and you'll be laying in the dirt anyway.

Post by **Vulcanised** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:40 am

-Scott- wrote:
RoeDao wrote:i don't know what model either..... but mine had them so rather than risk a crap load of body roll on the highway, and i spend most of my time on the highway........ it was easier to make disconnects for it. Including the rear one, which has an in-cab disconnect. Only drama is you have to lay in the dirt to release them and lay in the dirt again to reconnect them.
So have a few more beers and you'll be laying in the dirt anyway.

too many memories there!!!

Post by **Wooders** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:10 pm

Rember sometimes having a swaybar connected can make the opposite end work better....How many times do we see pics of rigs with one end doing all the work & the other doing SFA.....

Post by **slosh** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:19 am

I just drove for ten hours with no swaybars on swb patrol and will certainly be looking for a pair to fit this week. Worst on bumpy roads at speed, in the rain it means doing way under speed limit to stay on road. Hardly noticeable in the city or freeway tho.

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