Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Does any company make front MQ sway bar disconnects??

Cheers
Hoppy

why? just take the stock ones out and run with none, i can tell you now that you will hardly notice it onroad. dont worry about using disconects. theleaf pack is stiff enuf to not worry about

I have heard that drivers side u bolts are prone to snappaing without one
Hoppy

prehaps? but i had no probs in that department, and iv only ever seen one other MQ with swaybars still attached, and no other one seemed to have any probs

I will give it a go, found this

David_S wrote: 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.

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

Hoppy

Hoppy

I still stand by what I wrote before. Taking the sway bar off allows greater wheel travel but puts greater strain on the square U bolt. If you don't do any real axle-twisting off-road work this is probably not a problem but if you do then it pays to check the bolt periodically or whenever you feel a difference in the steering or hear a sharp crack from below!

And you don't have to have the swaybar disconnected to have a U-bolt failure - it can happen at any time as it is an inherently poor design. In my experience I have found the Nissan bolts are generally superior to after-market ones. I always carry at least one spare.

David

PS The other thing which puts a big strain on the u-bolt is when winching up a steep bank. As you get near the top there is very strong downward pressure on the front suspension.

yeah keep an eye on the bolts still (but you should be checking these things often anyway arent you... ) i rekon its worth it.

my sway bar is long gone.

But i recheck all my ubolts at every 5k service. they shook loose a few times, But thats life in a banger