Rear Sway Bar (1 Viewer)

[kidglove13]

Ok so I have bent 2 rear sway bar lowering brackets thus far from hitting the sway bar

I have been running without the sway bar and I dont like the road handling without it

The truck does not get DD but it does see good road miles going to and from the trails

I have thought about taking it off once at the trail but that is just a PITA

Are there any other solutions?

Also I am running regular hydro shocks in the rear while they perform ok off road I was wondering if upgrading to a mono tube gas shock would also help the handling

I have 6 inches of lift by the way.

 

[scrowley]

I recently saw a thread someone made some quick disconnect brackets for the front sway. Maybe you can fab something up for the rear.

 

[kidglove13]

Wont work because there is no place to secure the sway bar once you disconnect it
Unless someone can prove me wrong about that

 

[scrowley]

Yeah. your right. Could you make quick disc. for the rear mounts as well? Could make the rear mount on a hinge with a pin. Made out of thicker gauge steel. IDK. Thinking out loud. But I can see it as possible. Then you could just take the whole thing out pulling four pins.

 

[Enigma]

I never noticed any difference with my rear sway bar off, and that was with sacked out Rancho shocks and a fully (over) loaded rig. I could only assume that with the front off it would be a dramatic handling difference.
I since have new (OME) shocks and the rear sway bar back on with new bushings, but haven't had a chance to do any trail testing yet.

 

[kidglove13]

trail my rear end works great it is the road with 6 inches of lift that I dont like
I can live with it but wanted to see if any one has done anything else with the rear
Last thing I want is for something on the rear sway to break and screw something else up in the back

 

[80BajaBound]

Which sway bar drop brackets do you have? I have the Iron Man sway bar drop brackets and haven't had any issues, (Ironman 4x4 Sway Bar Extensions) They seem to be a bit beefier than the MAF and others.

Also - I've had no front or rear sway bar on with OME sport shocks, NEVER again. To scary to drive on the freeway. When I installed some remote resi shocks - the sway was less but still a little white knuckled on the freeway. Now I have no front sway but added the rear with the extensions linked above. I can drive it with 2 fingers.

 

[kidglove13]

My extensions are home made out of 3/16 steel and are strong
The problem is here in the east I just keep smacking the crap out of the sway bar

 

[80BajaBound]

I beat the crap out of mine - I've never had an issue. I guess our rocks aren't as big out west....

Are you beating up the underside of the sway bar or just below the drop down brackets?

 

[kidglove13]

THe rocks here are no bigger but the trail make up is significantly different tighter less lines
The lower shock mount protection I have on the rear shocks is completely chewed to crap thank god I have it
and I have also dented 2 rear shocks as well
It usually seems to be some where around the drop bracket area
Maybe they are just isolated incidents
Who knows
Just rying to see if anyone has attempted anything diffrent

 

[jamisobe]

I have never had this issue. I use Slee's drop brackets. Does your home made brackets have the edges creased like the factory brackets and the extended versions sold by Slee? I think that the creases on the brackets sold by Slee contribute to their strength.

 

[kidglove13]

I used small C channel I got for the metal yard so it has the edges
I know it has something to do with the driver
But maybe it is just some freak thing
I am going to make some that are thicker because I am cheap like that
Plus with 6 inches of lift the ones on the market are not long enough is what i have found
Plus I need to drill out a busted sway bar bolt on the axle now

I would be nice to get the thing up out of the way and have some type of disconnect for it

 

[80BajaBound]

THe rocks here are no bigger but the trail make up is significantly different tighter less lines
The lower shock mount protection I have on the rear shocks is completely chewed to crap thank god I have it
and I have also dented 2 rear shocks as well
It usually seems to be some where around the drop bracket area
Maybe they are just isolated incidents
Who knows
Just rying to see if anyone has attempted anything diffrent

my sarcasm doesn't shine so bright on the interwebs

You would have to build quick disconnects to remove the whole thing. Do it and do a write up. I will thank you for it later.

 

[BamaPaul]

I think a lot of people would thank him for it.

typed badly on my iPhone using IH8MUD

 

[azTony]

Wont work because there is no place to secure the sway bar once you disconnect it
Unless someone can prove me wrong about that

The difference in the front and rear sway bars is the front sway bar mounts to the frame (sort of) and disconnected from the axle end and the rear sway bar mounts to the rear axle and is disconnected from the frame. With quick disconnects on the front the sway bar is happy mounted to the frame but the rear the sway bar would be "riding" on the axle once disconnected from the frame. IDK but has anyone worked on reversing the way it mounts to mimic the front? Have not looked at it to see if there is room.

 

[kidglove13]

The difference in the front and rear sway bars is the front sway bar mounts to the frame (sort of) and disconnected from the axle end and the rear sway bar mounts to the rear axle and is disconnected from the frame. With quick disconnects on the front the sway bar is happy mounted to the frame but the rear the sway bar would be "riding" on the axle once disconnected from the frame. IDK but has anyone worked on reversing the way it mounts to mimic the front? Have not looked at it to see if there is room.

I have been looking at that in the rear and there is not enough room to make it like the front

 

[kidglove13]

my sarcasm doesn't shine so bright on the interwebs

You would have to build quick disconnects to remove the whole thing. Do it and do a write up. I will thank you for it later.

I get the sarcasm

The problem with the disconnect at the axle is that the axle mount needs to be pretty tight for the sway bar to be effective and not have any slop

 

[donutfj80]

I have been looking at that in the rear and there is not enough room to make it like the front

What about from behind the rear axle?

 

[Ozdunc]

What I've done is disconnect from the chassis connections, but attach the swaybar to the chassis with an elastic tie down (Ocky strap). This holds it up out the way, but allows it to move with the axle.

For harder stuff - some sort of disconnect at the axle has really got to be to go. Maybe some sort of hinge with a burst proof latch to mimic the current axle bracket? And some method of holding it up out of the way or a couple of clevis pins at the chassis end as disconnects.

 

[green73]

Has anyone attempted one of the DIY style "Antirock" kits for the rear?

Currie Enterprises 4x4 Rear Ends Antirock

Something along these lines. I know H(*P stuff, but if it works...