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mk front sway bar
mk front sway bar
hey guys,
looking to take the sway bar off tmoz on my MK shorty, is this a good or bad move? do i need to do anything else? do u need it or is it just to stop swaying, i took the rear 1 off in my GQ and it was fine...
looking to take the sway bar off tmoz on my MK shorty, is this a good or bad move? do i need to do anything else? do u need it or is it just to stop swaying, i took the rear 1 off in my GQ and it was fine...
93 GQ LWB
4.2 Petrol
2" Spring
2" Body
Custom Front Tube Bar
2 1/2" Exhaust
Pioneer MP3
4.2 Petrol
2" Spring
2" Body
Custom Front Tube Bar
2 1/2" Exhaust
Pioneer MP3
get them off, not tommorow, but yesterday!
onroad i have barely noticed the diff, the suspension is just that stiff! next to no additional bodyroll.
but offroad you def notice it, makes it go heaps better! even if it is with abit of tire scrub. if you have fiberglass flares like mine then you may find that you chip a lil off the underside at the top if you flew it up to much, but ya wont notice unless you look for it.
onroad i have barely noticed the diff, the suspension is just that stiff! next to no additional bodyroll.
but offroad you def notice it, makes it go heaps better! even if it is with abit of tire scrub. if you have fiberglass flares like mine then you may find that you chip a lil off the underside at the top if you flew it up to much, but ya wont notice unless you look for it.
[quote="Barnsey"]
Bronwyn Bishop does it for me.[/quote]
Bronwyn Bishop does it for me.[/quote]
When I first took mine off, I would have said it makes absolutely no difference on road, but it made a huge difference in flex. Over time I think this has softened up the leafs a bit and it gets sliiightly more bodyroll than before. They handle like crap anyway so don't hesitate- for the MASSIVE improvement in capability for 5mins work, it is very worth it.
To my knowledge their only function is to stop each wheel travelling more than a couple of inches relative to the other, so no, you don't need it.
To my knowledge their only function is to stop each wheel travelling more than a couple of inches relative to the other, so no, you don't need it.
Definitely keep an eye on the square U-bolts - they are not a good design. After removing my sway bar I broke at least 3 over a couple of years. Put it back on and had no problems for a year or 2 till I broke one just the other day. Did not notice a huge improvement off-road when I removed the bar but probably because I have front lockers.Hoppy11 wrote:Take it off, but keep an eye on the drivers side U -Bolts, snappy snappy, there is a thread on here about it
Hoppy
If you start to feel the steering a bit "sloppy" on the road stop and check the bolt. It can sometimes hang on as a J bolt but if/when that drops out the truck becomes almost uncontrollable - scary I can tell you from experience. So check promptly if something does not feel right about the steering. It might be caused by any number of other factors other than the U bolt but it might just be the bolt which is dangerous.
Cheers, David
1982 Patrol K160 SWB (MQ) 4L P40 Petrol with Megasquirt fuel injection and EDIS ignition. Warn 8274 winch with Gigglepin head
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