sway bar options (1 Viewer)

[black95]

Anyone ever adapted a sway bar to work on the front of your solid axle swapped Toyota? I have a '95 4runner with AllPro front SAS and just installed Marlin 56" leaves in the rear. The rig flexes out great and works very well off road, but has a lot of body roll on the highway which makes for a nervous ride when the deer are out at night. Would hate to have to nail the brakes to miss a deer and risk losing control of the vehicle.

Really don't want to spend $400 on a Currie Antirock, Anyone got any ideas? Just trying to keep the family safe and see what anyone else might have done.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I'd start with a stock solid axle front sway bar and go from there. I'm sure 1000's have been thrown away... You should be able to find one cheap, and mod it to work...

 

[black95]

Thought about that, really don't want anything with a rate that heavy,and also how hard they are to find because everyone throws them away. Anyone have one in Colorado?

The nice thing about the damn $400 dollar currie is that they have a light rate, allowing you to leave them on while wheeling. Might hit the boneyards and see if I can find one on a passenger car or something.

 

[KLF]

I'd start with a stock solid axle front sway bar and go from there. I'm sure 1000's have been thrown away... You should be able to find one cheap, and mod it to work...

I had one, saved specifically to try to install it when I did my SAS. There's no way it can be done, it's right in the way of the IFS steering box and the pitman arm. Check the diagram on toyodiy.com, the SA anti-swaybar mounts to the frame in front of the axle, not behind it. I ended up chucking it and cutting the ears off the front axle housing.

It's possible the IFS one could be adapted, not sure, but I seem to remember I couldn't make that one work either, maybe it's the width. I do remember a thread once on Pirate years ago from someone that did it, but I can't remember how. Lot of fabrication effort for little benefit.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Well.... I have an IFS and a sold axle sway bar sitting out back.... PM me if interested.

 

[black95]

I agree that it is a lot of work for little effort, but I think my heavy second gen 4runner is pushing the weight limit of the Marlin suspension. In other words, it sways......a lot. I am the stubborn guy that absolutely refuses to trailer my rig anywhere, so it gets highway driven quite often. Just want the family to feel safe on those high speed exit ramps. I have an IFS sway bar, and the rear sway bar from the old 4runner suspension. guess it's time to start measuring.

 

[KLF]

Just want the family to feel safe on those high speed exit ramps.

You could always just do what I do... SLOW DOWN.

 

[DanS HJ-45]

You could always just do what I do... SLOW DOWN.

Good call. I removed my sway bar. I don't miss it one bit. Maybe I just drive like a Grandma, but that's allright by me. Heck, I'll sell my IFS sway bar cheap!

Dan

 

[H8PVMNT]

Look into the universal sway bars used for dirt track and circle track cars. They can bee adapted to work for just about anything. Other than that you could probably us one of the currie anti-rock sway bars intended for a jeep wrangler. I think a few of the other companies have them as well.