Can i drive without my front sway bar installed??
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Can i drive without my front sway bar installed??
LINKS BROKE, FRAME TO BAR BRACKET BOLTS SNAPPED, REMOVED THE DARN THING..CAN i DRIVE IT TO WORK?
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At stock height it's no problem, with BJ spacers and an 2-3" lift in back you can notice a pretty big difference. Once I lifted my 91 P/U I had to search around and found a 87 model in a junkyard. They have a different sway bar set up although it looks the same. It is thinner and mounted further back on the frame giving it longer 'ends'. This does two things:
1. makes it a less effective sway bar
2. gives the front end much better articulation, almost as good as taking it off.
I've found this sway bar to be a perfect balance with my lift and driving style. It works well at reducing body roll and still lets the front end move, I can't for the life of me figure out what they were doing with the later version of sway bar. Maybe the guy who usually works on supras was filling in for the day? Anyhow with the older sway bar you can use the 'rear' bolt hole in the frame for the front and you'll have to drill a new rear hole in the frame. I had it a little easier because I have a diff and sway bar drop so I was able to do it without drilling in the frame but it's still a piece of cake for what you get.
1. makes it a less effective sway bar
2. gives the front end much better articulation, almost as good as taking it off.
I've found this sway bar to be a perfect balance with my lift and driving style. It works well at reducing body roll and still lets the front end move, I can't for the life of me figure out what they were doing with the later version of sway bar. Maybe the guy who usually works on supras was filling in for the day? Anyhow with the older sway bar you can use the 'rear' bolt hole in the frame for the front and you'll have to drill a new rear hole in the frame. I had it a little easier because I have a diff and sway bar drop so I was able to do it without drilling in the frame but it's still a piece of cake for what you get.
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This thread is sweet...
I've always wanted to get some sway bar adjusters and just loosen them up for wheeling, and tighten them down once I hit the road...
But lately I've been wanting to fab a bar with manual hubs... Has anybody seen the &eep one that works with locking hubs? Gotta admit... It's pretty cool...
I've always wanted to get some sway bar adjusters and just loosen them up for wheeling, and tighten them down once I hit the road...
But lately I've been wanting to fab a bar with manual hubs... Has anybody seen the &eep one that works with locking hubs? Gotta admit... It's pretty cool...
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ok, so sway bar removed, didnt notice much differance in handling or drivablility...Did notice that the metal metal rattle did NOT disapppear (sounds like if you put two heavy washers loosely together on a bolt and shook it up and down).. so will be beating on EVERYTHING up front today and try and find it....any usual suspects I should know about guys?
It's annoying driving down the road and having this exterior rattle when going over smaller bumps and cracks in the road , maybe I'm just anal but ARRGGHHH
It's annoying driving down the road and having this exterior rattle when going over smaller bumps and cracks in the road , maybe I'm just anal but ARRGGHHH
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