Rear Sway Bar

[blkTJ]

Do swaybars induce a traction advantage? Hands down. Unfortunately, most (not all) do not wheel at a level that makes the difference worthwhile or are they able to discern the performance difference. When you are trying to extract the last bit of traction and performance out of your suspension, you will enjoy swaybars or adjustable rate suspensions.

And on this point, I'll add this... more than once I've been sitting in my Jeep looking out the window at what seemed like an undrivable field of rocks...

Watch my spotter, let out the clutch, idle through, body leans, suspension articulates, no tires slip, next thing I know I'm out of it.


Not sure how a totally disconected Jeep would compare, but that's my experience with my rig.

just more :2: (pack of gum yet dukes???)

[JeepGal]

I guess I'll have to trash my sway bars.

Im not saying that, Im just sayin' that just because Chris' Jeep looks abused, doesnt mean that the removal of swaybars contributed to it.

That said...admit it, you thought for sure you were going over...and Chris quite literally, rocked you back and forth

Goodtimes....

Tam

[Dukes69]

It's true. We were doing some tests on my internal beadlocks and wanted to put extreme side pressure on aired down tires. We (I) drove my Jeep sideways on a hill to acheive the desired results, but the hill wasn't steep enough and we dug another foot of sand out from the low side tires.



I can tell you at this angle, maybe 20%, it's tough to sit in the driver seat. Gravity wants to put you out the passenger side. I can also tell you that although the high side tires were "light", it took 2 guys pushing to get them to start coming off the ground.

I actually turned up hill and drove out of that.

not sure what this means to the whole "argument", but I thought I'd share. :yay:

Great, thats what sway bars do. If had mine connected I would imagine I could do the same as you show in the picture. Would this be considered "real world testing?"

It seems we have gotten off topic and are now comparing apples to oranges. comventional sway bars to torsion bars.

You guys enjoy your anti rocks, I'll enjoy my flex

[blkTJ]

Would this be considered "real world testing?"

yup.

[goodtimes]

I guess I'll have to trash my sway bars.

I never said, nor implied that.

My stand is simply that you will not roll your jeep as easily as some posts in this thread have made it sound.

Yes, sway bars will increase your stability (less body roll). Yes, sway bars with the proper spring rate will force your rear suspension to work better, and yes they can even give you more traction on the uphill tire on the front (by transferring some of the downward force from the low side tire to the high side tire). But some posts here make them sound like they are required equipment in order for you to hit the dirt, and they simply are not.

[igofshn]

That said...admit it, you thought for sure you were going over...and Chris quite literally, rocked you back and forth

Goodtimes....

Tam

And my guess is, I probably would have gone over if I had no sway bars.

[mrblaine]

You guys enjoy your anti rocks, I'll enjoy my flex

Ok, is it okay if I also enjoy stability with my flex?

[nagal]

Cool pic glad you did share it

[Chris_L]

[NAILER341]

And look at his Jeep. He has put it over on it's side a few times. It isn't very stable.

actually, i dont think it has ever been on its side. he just rams it into places that it wont fit

[NAILER341]

you could just do away with all of those unstable coils, and put some leaf springs in there

[Dukes69]

Ok, is it okay if I also enjoy stability with my flex?

Absolutely Not!

[Dukes69]

well, since we are showing pics:





look, I can drive on rocks too weeeee

[blkTJ]

woohoo more pics... (that have nothing to do with flex)

[goodtimes]

Brian, are those still the 4.5" springs, or did you move up to the 5.5"?

And since we are posting pics....