Currie Anti-Rock swaybar

[Pipes]

I'm wanting any one who has seen or has them to let me know if they like ( love ) them / if they really work well.
Cheers

[Pipes]

Anyone

[bogged]

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:49 pm
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:14 pm

you expect answers within ~25 mins on something most people would never have heard of?

[Wooders]

Sure what would you like to know?
Do they work? Yes?
How do they work? Instead of having a disconnected front end flopping about whilst the rear does SFA - the light resistance of the AntiRock forces the rear suspension to work too.
Adjustable? Usually 4 setting of firmness - even on the stiffest they are generally softer than most OEM swaybars.
Limit wheel travel - generally yes a litte - but since you don't fand many ramps on the trail it's a better solution that just running disco'ed.

They have been around for ages - mostly on Jeeps - but are a well proven product.
Anything else?

[weeman]

I'm wanting any one who has seen or has them to let me know if they like ( love ) them / if they really work well.
Cheers

dont know about the jeeps

but cass jones has developed them for gq/gu's and they work really well..

[moose]

cheezy also has his developed set-up on all his "a"-framed conversions !!
from all accounts , customers are extremely happy with them !!

[`maddog]

I had one installed in the rear of my Jeep and it made a massive difference to its offroad handling.

In saying that, I installed it to fix a problem. Prior to putting coilovers in the back and all the other stuff I did to that truck I never needed one.


Will be looking at fitting one in the rear of the buggy shortly to stabilize it a bit.

[badger]

hate to soind like a noob but what exactly are these?

[turps]

Google is your friend.
http://www.stu-offroad.com/suspension/a ... rock-1.htm

[`maddog]

It's an adjustable swaybar. Rather than removing/disconnecting your swaybar when you go offroad you can lead this one on and have it set for a soft setting.

In some instances they can help balance the vehicle out. IMO most of the time there's no need for them though.

[henry]

I'm wanting any one who has seen or has them to let me know if they like ( love ) them / if they really work well.
Cheers

dont know about the jeeps

but cass jones has developed them for gq/gu's and they work really well..

my guess they are used on the rears of gq/gu as they flop around a lot in the back end. this might force the front to do a bit more.

[JemmyBubbles]

Yeah some further elaboration on this application for GQ's would be nice.......

[Pipes]

Thanks lads
I Had seen currie industries vid n also stu offroads install. I was just wanting to hear first hand from people who have them fitted ( prob jeep people).
This sway bar is what I'm needing by the sound of this. An adjustable way to tune the restistance of sway that doesn't kill wheel travel. Whilst improving on road handling.
Although is not cheap & is made to bolt onto TJ Jeeps. I own a hilux, but currie make a universal antirock kit that needs some fabing. So has anyone got one or a copy of the concept on a non jeep. Pic would be great.
Cheers

[atari4x4]

Thanks lads
I Had seen currie industries vid n also stu offroads install. I was just wanting to hear first hand from people who have them fitted ( prob jeep people).
This sway bar is what I'm needing by the sound of this. An adjustable way to tune the restistance of sway that doesn't kill wheel travel. Whilst improving on road handling.
Although is not cheap & is made to bolt onto TJ Jeeps. I own a hilux, but currie make a universal antirock kit that needs some fabing. So has anyone got one or a copy of the concept on a non jeep. Pic would be great.
Cheers

i think MART from here is running something similar on the rear of his zook.
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... highlight=

[turps]

If your just after a universal one. Make some enquires in aust before gettting one from OS. As has been mentioned on here before. Cass Jones in WA is doing them. Also Cheezy Racing and OnTrack are doing them in VIC. And no doubt there are others that may be able to get most of the parts for a generic kit.

[`maddog]

Thanks lads
I Had seen currie industries vid n also stu offroads install. I was just wanting to hear first hand from people who have them fitted ( prob jeep people).
This sway bar is what I'm needing by the sound of this. An adjustable way to tune the restistance of sway that doesn't kill wheel travel. Whilst improving on road handling.
Although is not cheap & is made to bolt onto TJ Jeeps. I own a hilux, but currie make a universal antirock kit that needs some fabing. So has anyone got one or a copy of the concept on a non jeep. Pic would be great.
Cheers

I've used the universal kit before. It's just a tube with some nylon bushes that hold the swaybar inside the tube. You weld the tube to some mounts across your chassis rails, insert the swaybar with nylon caps, then you weld the brackets for the swaybar links onto the diff housing. You should have it set up so that there's no load on the arms when you're sitting at regular ride height on flat ground. It's a pretty easy job to install.

[turps]

I've used the universal kit before. It's just a tube with some nylon bushes that hold the swaybar inside the tube. You weld the tube to some mounts across your chassis rails, insert the swaybar with nylon caps, then you weld the brackets for the swaybar links onto the diff housing. You should have it set up so that there's no load on the arms when you're sitting at regular ride height on flat ground. It's a pretty easy job to install.

Oh and the sway bars look like torsion bars to me. SO just a matter of finding the right one.

[WRXZook]

http://www.abt4x4.com/
Look under miscellaneous- if you call them they might be able to give more info.

[lay80n]

Didnt BeeBee look at running a simillar setup using a torsion bar in the rear of his lux?

Layto....

[FireTruck]

I ran an antirock in the rear of my TJ Jeep, and I run one in the rear of my buggy.

Why in the rear?? When you are climbing more weight transfers to the rear end, so the rear tends to flex more. The antirock evens things out and lets the front do more work.

Also reduces torque squat and in general reduces body roll... these are the main reasons I have one in the buggy. Running air shocks (or even coil overs) means that there is very little resistence to the shocks unloading... the antirock keeps things a bit more controlled.

All in my humble opinion of course.

Does it limit flex?? Depending on how it is set up, bugger all.

S.

[Pipes]

Thanks again for all the info & pics on the sway bar
So I'm going to these sway bars ront n rear. Even though most of you just have them in the rear. This is because at the moment my font is softer & out flexes my rear. As I have 80 series diff with x bar in front & standard hilux leaf rear. Which I'm changing to 80 series rear ( coils ) with 4 link. The tuning of these bars will allow me to adjust after all is done n I go driving/ wheeling.
More money into the hole I call a HILUX.I love it
Cheers

[tuf355]

any pics of the CHEZZY or ON TRACK sway bars ??????

[bru21]

as mine will have trophy truck travel i will be running these front and back to limit cornering roll. if i get normal articulation i will be happy, i just want the 18" of travel for landings!

[beebee]

Didnt BeeBee look at running a simillar setup using a torsion bar in the rear of his lux?

Layto....

Yep....I proabably fitted mine about 3 years ago. Back then I drove my hilux on the road around 100km a day (even with welded diffs) . I only ever used the sway bar for onroad and speed events. Without it onroad I used to get reasonable body roll.....but with it, it became a drift car! I'd been know to flick it into a drift around round abouts at highway speed with a full load of camping/wheeling gear on the back and hold it!

The only time it got used offroad was when I either forgot to remove it or in rockcrawling when there was a big side angle on a course.

Mine was simply a hilux torsion bar 40x10 flat bar welded on at each end with nolethane bushes to locate it. Both the flat bars at each end and the suspension links had multiple holes . You could really tell the difference between the holes though. I'd think that with some tuning and R&D, you could make it work.

Dave Camp copied the idea in his 4runner too. It used to have 1/4 eliptics so it needed a heap of help with stability. Between the torsion bar and a winch on the rear diff, it turned his car into a much more drivable vehicle. That is until one day (think it was TTC06) when it snapped. The brake was in the torsion bar near where he welded the flat bar on. He also used a hilux torsion bar as far as I remember.

I guess the other person who I've seen use them extensively is Shane in the Firetruck and Firebug. There appears to be a massive difference in the way the Firebug handles compared to all the other air shock buggies. It's just a really tight package that is super stable but still has the flex when pushed.

I know I'll definately be using one on my buggy if I can find a clear space to mount it!

If anyone is interested in getting the original Currie Anti-Rock or one of the other proven US alternatives, get onto Sean & ABT4x4 www.abt4x4.com

[Bitsamissin]

Yes I've got a Cheezy anti-rock bar in the rear of the Jabber for the A frame.
It works really well and improved onroad handling no end so much so we ditched the front swaybar.
No I won't post any pics - contact Cheezy if your interested.
I've tested the crap out of it and it doesn't inhibit flex one bit.
In fact I reckon it actually increases contact pressure on the extended wheel.
It is adjustable (about 6 positions) and is basically a torsion bar spanning the axle connected by arms (links) at either end. It can be disconnected if you want.
This bar keeps the A frame from pivoting too quickly and is more controlled you can definitely feel it offroad - feels more stable for sure.
A very good mod especially for the A frame.

[HG]

It turned Franks beast into a drift car when we were going through the windy's to BigRiver , the Jabber was awesome turning into tight corners with minimal roll and he could power out of the turns with control and offroad I couldn't see any loss of articulation.
Cheezy's anti-rock bar works thats for sure.