I've been considering removing my sway bar and thought I'd seek some outside opinions. I have no lift so the body roll wont be to drastic. I want to do this to allow the control arms to move more freeling giving me a softer ride wile prerunning. No long travel kit yet, but hopefully removing the swaybar will help some.

 

are you a 2wd? i have removed mine and it rides really good off road when your going mostly straight but sharp turns are not the best but not really bad.

on the road cornering is not quite as good as im used to with the stoock setup but i do more off road driving with my truck than on the road.

my truck has a downey tublar upper control arm kit single shock for now with sway away torsion bars and a 4 inch lift spindle in the front with 31x10.50 tires

the rear i just did an axel flip to soa (spring over axel) no body lift either.

the choice is yours if its a 4wd i cant give much advice and i dont know how it would effect the stock suspension setup.

 

It's there for a reason. Removing it is dangerous. There are people on this board who have had some very scary (on road) situations after removing it.

 

Umm .. that's a little harsh chickenlover. There are plenty of people on here who have run without them for years too.

If you remove the swaybar, you do need to be more conscious of the body roll and minimize the chances you will have to make an emergency swerve.

 

i have ran no sway bar front or rear for over a year with no problems.. body roll is alot but not had a problem yet.

 

Im another, I havent had my front sway bar connected for about a year now, yes there is more roll when driving, but you get use it real fast, besides, its an SUV, not a sports car, so i dont drive it like one.

 

No sway bar here.

 

I say, sway bars are like insurance. No time to go out and buy it just when you see you are about to have an accident. Get the best of both worlds. Install some disconnects. Leave 'em alone, when on-road. Disconnect for pre-running.

I raced bicycles for eleven years. Don't ask me how many times I was glad I had my bicycle helmet on. Accidents happen. Be prepared.

Mike in AR

 

i pulled mine off like 3 years ago after i got hung on it and bent it trying to get unstuck. (ya i really do wheel mine) :-D

anyway, i noticed virtually no diffrence with the upgraded trosion bars i have. even with my craptastic shocks.

 

i plan on running dual shocks and ive heard that they help with swap a bit and make it alot beter off road.

 

Make sure you get shocks that are valved for multiple shock installs, otherwise it will ride like ass

 

Agreed. And you will most likely have LESS travel.

 

I took it off a few days ago and its stayin off. Its 4wd and I usually just go wheelin on the weekends, but nothing beats desert racing. In the future, I plan on ditchin the front axel and purchasing/fabricating a long travel system. With a locker I should be able to do just about everything i can now with open diff. ok, i've rambled on about my dreams long enough. Thanks though.

 

I have been running no sway bar for about 6 months...i drive a lot more cautious, so taking the sway bar off helps improve gas...just slow down on the corners and dont do any hard braking/turing...

I found its a lot smoother with it off when i am on a dirt road or off-roading, when i go over ruts i can flex a lot better and smoother...

-Mike

 

I pulled mine off (front anyways), when I installed my BJ spacers.

Since then, I've noticed more body roll yes, but not too bad. The added roll is only really noticable when going around cloverleafs on the highway. And I'm on 33's aswell.

 

No sway bar here for about 6 months.
Going to stay that way, too.

 

I have run both ways, and now run quick discos. Its not so bad on the street with my 285's, but with the 35's its way worse.

If your doing high speed stuff I would leave it on. The swaybar only limits articulation when trying to stuff one and droop the other, more common in rock crawling. In high speed stuff I would want it to keep me stable at high speed.

 

no sway bars here with 37's but i have dual front shocks

 

is it nornal for the sway bar bump stops to rest on the lower arm all the time? i somehow thought that there should be a bit of clearance.

 

There's no such thing as "sway bar bump stops," but the sway bar is attached to the lower a-arm with a link and a set of bushings. Is this what you're talking about? If so, yes, it should always be attched unless you take it off.