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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:17 PM
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Sway bar out?

So I hate the way my pickup rides feel every damn bump. I run my 33 at 20 psi which is better and I'm thinking about taking my sway bar out or will that cause it to roll easier?
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Perhaps a truck is not for You if you feel the ride is to harsh

Sway bar removal will not make it ride softer
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_bar
An anti-sway or anti-roll bar is intended to force each side of the vehicle to lower, or rise, to similar heights, to reduce the sideways tilting (roll) of the vehicle on curves, sharp corners, or large bumps. With the bar removed, a vehicle's wheels can tilt away by much larger distances (as shown by the SUV image at right). Although there are many variations in design, a common function is to force the opposite wheel's shock absorber, spring or suspension rod to lower, or rise, to a similar level as the other wheel. In a fast turn, a vehicle tends to drop closer onto the outer wheels, and the sway bar will soon force the opposite wheel to also get closer to the vehicle. As a result, the vehicle tends to "hug" the road, closer in a fast turn, where all wheels are closer to the body. After the fast turn, then the downward pressure is reduced, and the paired wheels can return to their normal height against the vehicle, kept at similar levels by the connecting sway bar.

Because each pair of wheels is cross-connected by a bar, then the combined operation causes all wheels to generally offset the separate tilting of the others, and the vehicle tends to remain level against the general slope of the terrain. A negative side-effect, of connecting pairs of wheels, is that a jarring or bump to one wheel tends to also jar the opposite wheel, causing a larger impact applied across the whole width of the vehicle. If there are several potholes scattered in the road, then a vehicle will tend to rock, side-to-side, or waddle, due to the action of the bar at each pair of wheels. Other suspension techniques can be used to delay, or dampen, the effect of the connecting bar, as when hitting small holes which momentarily jolt just a single wheel, whereas larger holes or longer tilting would then tug the bar with the opposite wheel.
Get better shocks, install the helper coils and lose the blocks.

If you want to try it out disconnect the anti-sway bar from the control arms and wire it up to the frame. Just FYI if your shocks aren't upto the task it's going to handle like junk.

You already have a thread about this issue, LINK
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:42 PM
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I removed my sway bar because the mounts rusted. I drive like an old lady in turns.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:47 PM
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PS. You don't say in the other thread(or I missed it). If it was a torsion bar adjustment thats likely why it rides harshly, you can solve that with a proper lift kit in the front. How is the front lifted?
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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I took the sway bar out of my 85 4runner. I didnt notice any difference in how it felt, other than now I have more flex! then again.. My shocks are completely shot. so it was rough to begin with.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 03:20 PM
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I took my sway bar out when I did bj spacer lift n left the tbars alone, it rides like a Cadillac really noticeably better than with the sway bar.

A little more tippy but not a whole lot I still drive the same.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 05:44 PM
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Oh I'm sorry I forgot I had this question answered .... Tbars are low to low I believe rough country 4 in suspension lift.
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by cred92
I took my sway bar out when I did bj spacer lift n left the tbars alone, it rides like a Cadillac really noticeably better than with the sway bar.

A little more tippy but not a whole lot I still drive the same.
Exactly this.
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