Well, I can't get ahold of the only two people I have found that personally make swaybar disconnects to sell. I found one commercial website that sells them but they go for $125 a pair! I found ONE write-up and it is very sketchy and leaves me with way to many questions. Sooo, I've decided to just try removing the front (is there even a rear?) swaybar and see if I can stand the way it handles on the daily road.

I've been soaking the nuts all day today in a Liquid Wrench type substance and now it's time to try and take it off. Do I have to jack up the front end to take pressure off the front tires? Do I need them completely off the ground? Or can I just leave it on flat ground and do it like that? Is there anything I need to know? I've looked at it, and it looks pretty easy. Any help? Or, better, and write-ups on disconnects you can give me?

Oh, and another question. Say I take it off, how easy/hard is it to put it back on? Thanks for the help!

 

Oh, I forgot to tell you (incase it matters) it's a '93 Pickup...

 

Don't take it off. Park on level ground. There will be no tension on the sway bar at all. Remove one end link. You're done. If you don't like the way it drives, replace the link. If you like the way it drives, and it just bugs you that it's there, remove the bar. It's as simple as it looks, unbolt the other other link, unbolt the brackets and don't let it hit you on the head when it falls... FWIW, I've driven on the street (during hunting season for example) with a solid axle setup and an IFS truck without the swaybar, and I don't like it. Not for my daily driver anyway. But it's easy to take off a link and see for yourself. Good luck.

 

I'm driving around without one on the front right now. It's tolerable, but just barely. I have stock torsion bars and old Bils, so the front is pretty soft.

I plan to put it back on after fabbing beefier QD's (the ones I bought keep breaking). If he's in the rust belt, removing the sway bar end link is an irreversible proposition. I had to cut my end links off since they were rusted so bad.

 

Well I took the bar off and it feels ok. I will try driving it normally tomorrow and see if I can handle not having it on. There is no rust what so ever anywhere on my truck so removing it was not a trouble at all. I am going to try and see if I can make my own disconnects using all the info I've gathered and make ones that are even better!

 

The bad thing about disconnects is re-connecting them. (That and the %$#@ noise they make on-road) If someone comes up with some that are inexpensive and easy to use that re-connect easy, they'll make a fortune!