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 Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
#790208
02/17/07 07:40 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 12
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I have broken my left sway bar and was just told I don't need to replace them. Won't this put more stress on the rest of the parts on my front end? Has anyone not replaced the sway bars?
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 Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: ForOffRoad]
#790209
02/17/07 07:50 AM
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Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 12,153
Web Wheeler
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Likely the end link has broken, not that hard to replace, get a used one from the junkyard.
But, if you have not noticed any difference in handling since it broke, you can probably remove the whole bar, as you have not had a functioning one since the part broke. Won't stress the front end, you may feel a little more body roll in turns, but it is a truck afterall, not a sports car. I've not had a front sway bar for about 8 years now.
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Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: ForOffRoad]
#790210
02/17/07 09:14 AM
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 395
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I agree with 4Crawler. If you've been driving around with the link broken, I say remove the entire anti-roll bar. I haven't had one on my '89 for about 3 years now. It's pretty much stock except for Chevy rear springs. A little more body roll, but nothing drastic.
A few years ago I was rear ended by a GMC 3500, and the impact spun me around 180 degrees and pushed me across oncoming traffic. No anti-roll bar, no roll-over, so I've got to say it's pretty safe to remove.
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 Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: 4Crawler]
#790211
02/17/07 05:07 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 12
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Thanks for the info...I really did not want to replace those things.
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 Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: Runner-Man]
#790212
02/17/07 05:09 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 12
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Yes, I don't see much good those sway bars are being only 4" long on each side. I don't notice much of a difference when I am turning or when I am off road. Thanks!
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Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: ForOffRoad]
#790213
02/17/07 05:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,489
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I know a guy with an 89, 4" lift who spun out in a corner, then caught some traction, rolled it down the side of an embankment...although he was a bad driver... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />, i dont run one either, but im a wee bit wider.
97 FZJ80, Stock, Factory Lockers.
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Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: Jake97T]
#790214
02/17/07 06:56 PM
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Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,379
Body Damage is Cool
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I know a guy with an 89, 4" lift who spun out in a corner, then caught some traction, rolled it down the side of an embankment... Not a whole lot is gonna save you once you're sideways in a lifted Toyota. 'cept for a snowbank.. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> But ya, if you don't mind how its driving right now, you don't need the sway bar. I haven't had mine for a while now too.
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Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: Scerb]
#790215
02/18/07 12:40 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 356
Mudrunner
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Same here, took mine off, no difference at all in my case, am running SwayAway torsion bars. Having it off helps with the minimal articulation that the IFS does have <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I would be careful though if you have a high body lift and big tires.
'86 SR-5 Extra-cab 4 x 4, 2" BL, 33 x 12.5 x 15R M/T on 15 x 8 rockcrawlers ( 3 3/4" BS ), 22RE 5 sp , 4.88's Detroit True-Trac front, V6 open rear, 24 mm Sway-Away + Rancho 5000's, removed sway bar, no-rust south US bed, Ramsey 8000 winch
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Re: Do I really need those 4" sway bars?
[Re: Spacetrucking]
#790216
02/18/07 12:52 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 356
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BTW for 4Crawler: Roger I can't seem to access any of your very informative web sites, do I have some type of setting on my end preventing this? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Thanks,
Hugh
'86 SR-5 Extra-cab 4 x 4, 2" BL, 33 x 12.5 x 15R M/T on 15 x 8 rockcrawlers ( 3 3/4" BS ), 22RE 5 sp , 4.88's Detroit True-Trac front, V6 open rear, 24 mm Sway-Away + Rancho 5000's, removed sway bar, no-rust south US bed, Ramsey 8000 winch
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