Front and rear sway bars...

MaineSleddah · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 10:09 am

With the installation of my lift I have decided to remove the rear sway bar to get the most articulation there. Has anyone done this and how do you like it? Can the front be removed as well or will that make for too much body roll in the corners?
Does anyone make sway bar disconnects for our KJ's?
That might be the best of both worlds

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 10:41 am

rear yes you can remove it , does not do too much
front DO NOT remove unless you like to roll over,,,,,,,,,,,,,
sway bar disconnects from Jeepin By Als , some say you gain a lot some say not too much lot different than disconnecting them on a SFA

bugnout · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 1:00 pm

I second that. Although some people run them, I don't think front sway bar disconnects are worth the trouble. You gain articulation and are able to stuff the front tires on one side while keeping the other side fully extended going over obstacles but the cost is ground clearance, a precious commodity with the KJ. You'll be banging the front skid a lot more.

Leaving the front sway bar on lets the front suspension work as a unit and keeps maximum ground clearance between the front tires.

Joe Jeeper · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 5:03 pm

I had the rear off, now on didn't see a difference, I have the front disconnects and on the first trail ride they seemed to help, got them from JBA, pretty easy to take off and on and I didn't have to secure the sway bar like you do on a wrangler.

daspes · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 6:12 pm

I've had my rear sway bar off since last Sumer. Helps greatly with rear articulation, haven't noticed any difference on the road. As for the front, I haven't bothered, I think I've heard/read that disco's gain less than an inch with our IFS.

MaineSleddah · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2008 10:08 pm

After input I have removed the rear sway bar and I will leave the front alone, bone stock. Of course that may be the only thing left stock at some point :!:

Thanks.

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 3:50 pm

i took my rear off and it seems to help somewhat with rear articulation, smoother maybe, im not sure. but if you shake the wheel slightly from right to left vice versa, while driving, thats where you will see/feel the difference of having the rear swaybar on or off

dirt pig · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:18 am

Anyone have a link as to how to remove the rear swaybar?

greatoppressor · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:19 am

I read somewhere that, for an IFS, keeping the front sway bar connected provides some added protection against over-bending your CV joints to where they bind or, even worse, separate. This would be especially true for lifted rigs. Makes sense to me.

-SR-

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:15 am

dirt pig wrote:

Anyone have a link as to how to remove the rear swaybar?

Just remove the 4 bolts attaching it to the 2 LCA's and remove.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:11 pm

yup, what TjKj said

it seems like a daunting thing

but really , it's THAT simple

the more level the surface you remove it on, the less bind it will be in and easier to remove

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:33 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

yup, what TjKj said

it seems like a daunting thing

but really , it's THAT simple

the more level the surface you remove it on, the less bind it will be in and easier to remove

Using a floor jack underneath the "frame" end of the LCA mount helps to get the bolt next to the mount out.

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