Outer Limits 4x4 Board

are there any swaybar disconnects available for late model sierras
(89 onwards)

dont worry bout disconnects just take it off and forget about it

after the roady, rip it out and throw it under the house.
Peter.

zooks come with sway bars














oh yeah i remember now, i belive mine had one for a very short period of time

the day i bought i took it strait offf

sway bars make baby jesus cry

doe removing it effect the way it drives on the road much as most of its driving will be on road on the way to 4x4 trips

all sway bars do is limit travel

it will have a tiny little bit more body roll round corners

For the few sierra's i've had, the springs have been so damn stiff that they make up for the sway bar not being installed. I even tried reinstalling one once to see if i could notice a difference, and i couldn't. Only on an IFS setup did i notice the sway bar doing good (that was a vitara).

I can definatly notice it missing, You have to turn the steering wheel heaps more. but it is ok once you get used to it. Disconnects would be good though.

Make your own disconnects

I took my sway bar (rear) off and with my non pinning drop shackles there's a HEAP of uncontrolled body roll

But if you drive it like a softly sprung lifted truck and not a phat full sik bling ricer it's not a worry

Yeah but why not have the best of both worlds? Ricer handling on road and go anywhere off road. Disconnects sound good to me.

xtreem wrote:Yeah but why not have the best of both worlds? Ricer handling on road and go anywhere off road. Disconnects sound good to me.

We are talking about a Suzuki Sierra here aren't we, ricer handling on road Now that is funny. If you reckon they make that much of a difference then go for it but I didn't notice any difference other than restricted wheel travel offroad. i have been known to throw my Zuk through a corner hard enouh to lift wheels in the air without any dramas and I reckon if I had the swaybar on it would have rolled

Barathrum wrote:zooks come with sway bars

I think the early ones didn't come with sway bars... i.e. the 1L models

greg wrote:

Barathrum wrote:zooks come with sway bars

I think the early ones didn't come with sway bars... i.e. the 1L models

my 84 1l has a Grimace in the rear..... yeah shadup

On my old rig going from stock tyres and sway bar to 11.5's and rancho's on three (no swaybar) I couldn't feel much difference.

grimbo wrote:We are talking about a Suzuki Sierra here aren't we, ricer handling on road Now that is funny. If you reckon they make that much of a difference then go for it but I didn't notice any difference other than restricted wheel travel offroad. i have been known to throw my Zuk through a corner hard enouh to lift wheels in the air without any dramas and I reckon if I had the swaybar on it would have rolled

threw it into the corner of the shed and it lifted a wheel??
sorry, couldn't resist seriously, why do ya reckon it woulda rolled with the swaybar on? i woulda thought u'd be less likely to get the wheel up cos of less body roll?


i took the swaybar off mine (88 model), didn't really notice much difference on the road. actually handles pretty good, sits tight thru corners (do have offset rims tho)

It would have rolled because it wouldn't have allowed the front to flex as much causing all sorts of weird things to happen. The wheel I'm picking up is the inside rear from memory. mind you this doing a 90? turn at about 60km/h so its my own stupid fault.

I can't pick a wheel up in the shed cause the tyres are flat

mj wrote:Make your own disconnects


But if you drive it like a softly sprung lifted truck and not a phat full sik bling ricer it's not a worry

Come on Grimbo you could see I was talking about what MJ was saying.

I have mine off and it handles ok but definatly cant drive it as hard on road full stop.

grimbo wrote:

xtreem wrote:Yeah but why not have the best of both worlds? Ricer handling on road and go anywhere off road. Disconnects sound good to me.

We are talking about a Suzuki Sierra here aren't we, ricer handling on road Now that is funny. If you reckon they make that much of a difference then go for it but I didn't notice any difference other than restricted wheel travel offroad. i have been known to throw my Zuk through a corner hard enouh to lift wheels in the air without any dramas and I reckon if I had the swaybar on it would have rolled

You must have a very good memory Graham, that was about 7 years ago on its last outing wasn't it, and I believe the wheel actualy FELL OFF which is why it ended up in the air (in the tree more like it ):lol:
Peter.

stumped wrote:

grimbo wrote:We are talking about a Suzuki Sierra here aren't we, ricer handling on road Now that is funny. If you reckon they make that much of a difference then go for it but I didn't notice any difference other than restricted wheel travel offroad. i have been known to throw my Zuk through a corner hard enouh to lift wheels in the air without any dramas and I reckon if I had the swaybar on it would have rolled

threw it into the corner of the shed and it lifted a wheel??
sorry, couldn't resist

This is fantastic, someone else is picking up the hatchet and helping me throw it at Graham
Way to go Stumped
Peter.

so the question still remains CAN YOU GET SWAYBAR DISCONNECTS FOR A SIERRA AND WHERE FROM?

sway bars are for pussies

I took mine off upon buying the zuk, though have reinstalled it recantly due to 30/9.5 tires i fitted in (taking it off is illeagle here, so r tires that size. i got the tires "leaglelized", but i figured it best to keep the cops off my back - and the tires get their attention). anyways, i didn't want the limitations - only the leagle cover up, so i looked into it and found 2 main options 4 creating a dissconnecting bar.

1: cut the bugger through the middle. it's 24 m"m in diameter, so i fitted a pole 25 mm in diameter around it, welded it on and drilled a hole through the middle of the side i didn't weld and the sway bar. this way i can connect it fast if i like, though the bar will be 1/2 as flexible, since you have created 2 shaftes instead of one. i've never connected it except 4 one test drive, since the cops here r 2 dumb 2 know the diffarence anyway.



the other (and more efficiant ) way 2 do it, would B 2 do what i did, except on either side, close to the axle rather than in the middle of the bar (or any other setup of this sort, there are many after market products of this sort):





suck aftermarket products are common 4 toyota, jeep etc'. i don't know where 2 get them in auz, or if they even exsist 4 sierras. but i can tell u ther r easy 2 make on your own - all the above are home made.