Front sway bar disconnects

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:25 am

Jeepin by al is having a sale on front sway bar disconnects and was wondering if this would be a good thing to get?

nosnorb_808 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:42 pm

I dont think its a very popular mod. I dont see to many members with them. How much more flex could your really expect to see out of the front?

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:47 pm

I'm not an engineer but I would think that front sway bar disconnects on an IFS suspension wouldn't be a wise idea. You might stress out the front CV joints when flexing.

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:11 pm

Your right I don't see to many of the members having them.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

Actually you get quite a bit more flex. A few years back there were a bunch of folks (me included) that jumped on these. Here's my problem with them - they break. During daily driving mine ended up getting wedged in the steering assembly...not good. Now I just remove the entire sway bar before hard trails. It only takes 6 bolts to remove and maybe 10 minutes tops.

Edited to say - never have had a problem with the ball joints or CVs as a result of disconnecting the front sway bar. There's no need for conjecture on this point as there are plenty of people that wheel sans sway bar and have no issues. If you want to see how it drives then just take the dang thing off before your next wheelin trip. Always re-install before hitting the pavement though.

teckman02 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:52 pm

i did my bars once and never again .....was out on the trail and got stuck in a hole started to try and saw my way out then the next sound i heard was POP!!! have a buddy of pull me out we found the a few ball barrings and a few bits of metal from the cv .....so yeah never again will i undo mine ever again just to get a lettle more flex

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:12 am

It doesn't sound like the Kj was meant to have them.

Pablo · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1201

I take mine off all the time. With the bar on, the rear does most of your flexing, but with the front bar off, the front flexes much easier. On the CRD's with tall lifts you can bite the boot at full droop on the drivers side, I just put a limiting strap on the drivers side and no problems since.

The problem most people who had with them back in the day is that they were noisy. Jeepin Al's are not as bad (he had a service kit that helped tamed the clunking noises).

tonycrd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:23 pm

I have a set of the old JKS in my garage, after I saw them I just couldn't be bothered to fit them.

Imagine you have to put them back on after you ran through a mud hole....

Front sway bar disconnects

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