Outer Limits 4x4 Board

tim75b wrote:i can attest to a rear sway bar forcing the front to work better i fitted mine up with disconnects so i could disconnect it off road but it works a whole lot better off road with the rear bar connected





these are both with swaybar connected

That is sweet and just sold me on fitting a full time sway bar.

Love the way the vehicle is actually following the rear in those pic and the 3 link front is flexing well.

Cheers

gu town wrote:i just re-read my post. i worded it wrong i think. i wasn't suggesting superflex arms. i was suggesting that the people who have those arms were re-installing their rear swaybar to "force" the front to work like you are trying to acheive..

Yes I misunderstood what you meant.

Cheers

i also have a superior flex arm for standard height and drop boxes just for reference sake but the swaybar made it all work properly for my car

Struth,

100% agree with Steve and Tim. Rear sway bar to increase rear roll stiffness to bring it closer to even with the front.

I recently just fitted a Currie Antirock swaybar to the rear of my Lux truggy.
I was having the same problem as you as my front is still leaf and the rear is airshocks so the front is a fair bit stiffer than the rear.
The cab would follow the front diff and the rear susp would do all the flexing.
After fitting the sway bar it has lost very little travel and has got a lot more stability and even flex.

tim75b wrote:i can attest to a rear sway bar forcing the front to work better i fitted mine up with disconnects so i could disconnect it off road but it works a whole lot better off road with the rear bar connected





these are both with swaybar connected

so seeing as you dont remove your disconnects, the same could be achieved by replacing the swaybar dropper bits with droppers that are longer? (the size of lift longer??)

this right? looks like it works good!

Another one here for the rear swaybar. I left the rear on my GQ wagon and it definitely forced the front to work more and the vehicle remained much more stable as a result.

Just a small note as its something I have discovered but be weary about how you mount the swaybar. Make sure it cannot invert itself with the suspension travel.

so seeing as you dont remove your disconnects, the same could be achieved by replacing the swaybar dropper bits with droppers that are longer? (the size of lift longer??)

this right? looks like it works good![/quote]

yeah you could have fixed mounts i had already made the disconnects to suit my lift so i wont be changing them unless i break one as i never intended to inflict the type of load on them that i am now

i have much the same prob with my 78series
the leaves in the rear flex heaps more than the front coils (even with the airbags in the rear) and being a troopy on a slope the rear thats higher unloads heaps and sends the cars body close to hitting the trees
so i fitted the rear swaybar back on and the problem halved

i was also thinking of using my airbags in the rear to help by adjusting them from inside the cab (i already have the tanks a valves ready to go)
dosent anyone think this would be a good idea?
there can be up to 3inches difference between each side