View Full Version : Sway Bar Disconnects, anybody?
the roadie
11-18-2005, 11:59 AM
Next wheeling mod for me, to improve front end traction by keeping both wheels on the rocks, is a sway bar disconnect. Without a true locking diff in the front, a lot of IFS (independent front suspension) vehicles either take off their sway bars temporarily, or have quick-disconnect links like these:
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/reviews/disconnects/1.jpg
I suppose I'll be the pathfinder on this mod, but I have to ask first. Anybody fabricate or buy something like this, or contemplating it?
Dacomputernerd
11-18-2005, 12:51 PM
Sweet! When your done see if you can get some chassis flex pics :D
the roadie
11-18-2005, 01:06 PM
Sweet! When your done see if you can get some chassis flex pics :D
Here's where I've been going so far without disconnects.
http://www.roadie.org/DSCN0150%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.roadie.org/DSCN0153%20(Medium).jpg
http://www.roadie.org/DSCN0154%20(Medium).jpg
geneelder
11-18-2005, 01:11 PM
Are you also disconnecting the rear sway bar links? Its a great idea, but i think you have been hanging around those Jeeps too long.
the roadie
11-18-2005, 02:20 PM
Are you also disconnecting the rear sway bar links? Its a great idea, but i think you have been hanging around those Jeeps too long.
Those pics are without any disconnects, but yes, it's my secondary plan to disconnect the rear as well.
I run with the Jeeps because I often tow the trailer to the desert, and a Jeep can't tow worth beans. Since Mrs. Roadie only allows me one vehicle, I gotta do the best I can with the Envoy. Besides, it's a technical challenge.
That run, I was out with four Jeeps and a Blazer, and I was NOT the wimpiest vehicle in the crowd. A stock standard Jeep had no lift and only highway tires, and had two flats - one bent rim. Another Jeep had no locker, and I had my Eaton G80, so he was spinning tires in the air while I went up. I think it would have looked bad to have a tow strap from me to the Jeep, so he took a tow from another Jeep.
What's the alternative? :rotfl: Hang out with Ford Exploders with running boards and no limited slip at all? Har.:raspberry
Valkyrierider
11-18-2005, 02:20 PM
Do you have any type of lift or are you stock. I take mine out every so often but I drag pan a lot.
the roadie
11-18-2005, 02:39 PM
Do you have any type of lift or are you stock. I take mine out every so often but I drag pan a lot.
Lifted with SuspensionMAXX spacers front and rear, Airlift 1000 in-coil bags in the rear, and 265LT/70-17 tires (31.8" diameter - stock are 29.5"). 10.5" ground clearance under front crossmember.
tblazed
11-18-2005, 03:52 PM
Yep too much Jeep influence... a friend of mine demonstrating his disconnects at the Jeep Jamboree
http://users3.ev1.net/~epadget/jeepjamsm.jpg
Dacomputernerd
11-18-2005, 04:04 PM
a friend of mine demonstrating his disconnects at the Jeep Jamboree
http://users3.ev1.net/~epadget/jeepjamsm.jpg
:eek: Sweet!
I had a disconnect set up on my 94 s-blazer. This is a worthwhile mod, IMO, if you do venture into the backcountry. I had a mild lift (2.5 body) and ran 31s. Makes a big difference. I did not have sway bars on the rear, however. :m2: