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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:50 am
by redrocket
J Top wrote:Hi Guys
as a test run for your rear arm swivel,
some of the competion guys remove one bolt from their 3 link suspension to increase artic,if it works,and I am looking at it soon my self,I will cut the rear off the bar,tidy the diff and it will look factory.
J Top
ummmm. you do that and let us know hey! sounds like a bad idea or definately one which needs either alot more explaining or some more thought
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:04 pm
by J Top
Hi RR
I have in car adj Rancho's on my J Top and I blow them up for hiway control and drop pressures for artic,so I can run no front or rear swaybars
carl
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:22 am
by redrocket
jtop, sorry it sounded like you were going to remove a bolt from your trailing arms cause there was no mention of swaybars till just then. Mate rip it off, on our models its small as to start with and barely notice it off.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:40 am
by Noisey
I have been running without swaybars for the last couple of weeks with the same shock setup.
It can be done but sharp corners make you a little bit nervous. Once Frank gets into gear and get the articulators moving I will put the front back in. (Slightly modified of course)
I was staying out of this conversation till I totally understood what was going on. Was under the same impression as you RR (removing bolts from trailing arms
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:44 am
by Grantw
Yeah but what about when you are in an accident and they see the swaybars removed? especially if its a roll over...
Would unbolting it from one side do the same job? I mean, unbolt when offroad (takes a few minutes), only one side where it attached to the chassis rails and then bolt back on for the drive home.
Just updated my insurance policy to a 35K agreed. Listed all my mods and they were pretty ok about it. Not sure how i would get on if they found out swaybars were removed.
I didnt care on my old one, only a 15K truck but now the stakes are a little higher.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:13 am
by Noisey
Agreed - not the best set-up but it is being rectified.
I would usually only take the front bar out for off-road use but I am playing with the front end at the moment and it's making life a bit easier.
Temporary only.