Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi

Has anyone broke a stabaliser bar in a Nissan while 4x4ing? What is the cause of this and is this a common fault in this type of veichle?

Any help on the subject would be great.

Cheers

I have broken the chassis mounts when I still had the thing attached. Was on full flex...

Either turf it or lengthen it to suit your lift. NB first option isn't particularly legal, but a lot do it

Hulk75 wrote:What is the cause of this?

It was present.

Just unbolt it and discard it. I have and many nissan owners have. Cars a little less stable on the road but just adjust your driving to suit, don't go screaming sideways around roundabouts or doin' doughy's in the paddock or gravel carpark and you'll be laughin'

What you gain in offroadability is just awesome!! You can get quick-disconnects, ect but why bother?

Before i removed mine i made enquiries similar to what you're doing now and was told the same thing, now i have hindsight and i reckon they were 100% right!!

Apparently the swaybar on a commodore is mabe of 16 or 18mm spring steel, whereas that on a patrol is 14mm. just proves how pissweak and unnecessary it is!!!!

thank you all for your input thank heap

As the others have said piss them off. I havn't ran them for about 2 years. I got used to driving it again within a week and as said above they gain heaps more flex off road.

Cheers Mick.

i bought mine with out it attatched wouldnt kno wat it was like b4 all i kno is it is fairly stable on road and twists mad off road

remove them.

Just remember you are driving a 2+ ton top heavy thing. Drive accordingly..
I remember ossie gettin his GU lifted, picked it up with 4inch SOFT lift in it, and they had removed swaybars, he said he nearly scraped the door handles taking a round about at normal speed... Just go slow until you find out how it handles.

bogged wrote:remove them.

Just remember you are driving a 2+ ton top heavy thing. Drive accordingly..
I remember ossie gettin his GU lifted, picked it up with 4inch SOFT lift in it, and they had removed swaybars, he said he nearly scraped the door handles taking a round about at normal speed... Just go slow until you find out how it handles.

Was reading in a thread in general tech, where stabilisers are better for stabilitiy at the extreme ends of off roading. I am not 100% sure of this, as I removed them on my previous shorty.
But might be worth going down the track of making or getting extended link.

have'nt broke one but i chew out the link rubbers and spacers on the front
drivers side for some reason???? gq td42

Just a word of caution. I disconnected my front stabiliser bar on my 1982 SWB P40-engined Patrol. It improved off-road performance somewhat but I kept breaking the "square" u-bolts holding the leaf springs in place - once when I was a 1000 km from home going round a bend at 100km - nearly came to grief but fortunately nobody was coming the other way.

I broke 3 bolts before I realised the cause of the problem and reconnected the stabiliser bar. Removal of the bar allowed my long-travel springs to flex and twist more putting added strain on the bolts. I have had no problems since I reconnected the bar. And I don't really notice that much difference offroad.

I find my GQ tows a lot better with the stabiliser bars on, ie sweeping corners. I have quick dis-conects