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swaybar with 3rds drop radius arms
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:17 pm
by jimmycutfield
i have recently added a set of 3rds production drop radius arms to my shorty gq with a 3 inch spring lift and i am having trouble fitting my front swaybar back up with quick disconnects on, because the radius arm where the swaybar connects is higher than the front drive shaft it now hits on the drive shaft.
i know i can just get rid of the swaybar, but any info on how i can fit it back up would be more useful
have thought about making up spacer blocks but these may be to flimsy as they will have to be bout an inch and a half long and will reduce ground clearance.
does anyone make up custom sway bars?
any info would be good
jim
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:25 pm
by bru21
mate just make spacers out of say 50x25 rhs. buy longer ht bolts that reach (all 3 holes would be better) and then unbolt for offroad use. the reality is that quick disconnects suck big time and unbolting the swaybar is the only way.
without looking at it there is a learance for the muffler bent into the sway bar. can you flip the bar so the clearence is over the driveshaft then run the bar forwards rather than backwards. easy to make a few new brackets.
cheers bru
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:33 am
by muddyperils
Mines got 6" lift and the standard gear bolt straight on with the original brackets, but as soon as I hit the trails you can hear the swaybar rubbing the front drive shaft, so it no longer has a home on my truck!!! ....you soon get use to the oversteering.....and adjusting the T/D's up a notch...
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:54 am
by jimsaq
bru21 wrote:the reality is that quick disconnects suck big time and unbolting the swaybar is the only way.
Just out of interest, why do you say that? I fitted some to the rear of my gu recently (against the advice of the guys who did my suspension lift) just because I figured I'd at least give them a go and can swap them back out later if I want.
Is it because they can make it unfeasible to undo both sides, or cos they get full of mud and dirt and get all stiff and hard to deal with, or they start to slop/rattle around etc? Or a bit of everything
Just a curious nooby question
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:02 am
by blkmav
jimsaq wrote:bru21 wrote:the reality is that quick disconnects suck big time and unbolting the swaybar is the only way.
Just out of interest, why do you say that? I fitted some to the rear of my gu recently (against the advice of the guys who did my suspension lift) just because I figured I'd at least give them a go and can swap them back out later if I want.
Is it because they can make it unfeasible to undo both sides, or cos they get full of mud and dirt and get all stiff and hard to deal with, or they start to slop/rattle around etc? Or a bit of everything
Just a curious nooby question
Have you climbed underneath and reconnected them after a day of driving on muddy tracks?
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:16 am
by jimsaq
blkmav wrote:Have you climbed underneath and reconnected them after a day of driving on muddy tracks?
yeah on saturday night and sunday night this weekend just gone and the previous sunday night. I'd given the car a quick hose underneath and just went under armed with the wd40, was quite easy. I can certainly imagine them being a pain if I'd tried to do it on the side of the road while it was all still muddy, but probably not really much different from bolting the swaybar back in again.