Thread: Sway bars to have or not to have???

I have heavy duty springs front and rear, and only run the front sway bar. Rear removed. This works fine for me.

If you have decent springs and shocks at the rear you should be fine without the sway bar - I've never used one on this vehicle and its fine. The front is a different as there is steering stability involved, I would definitely keep a sway bar up front.

RRC's and 110's never had anti-roll bars fitted from the factory for years and years, so while it can be a little disconcerting when used to modern cars, it certainly isn't unsafe to have lots of roll.

Of course you can just fit a bar to one end only, that won't be a problem, it just changes the under/oversteer balance a little (or a lot) Just do it and see how it feels.

The other thing that can dramatically influence perceived roll is the shock absorbers.

Depending on how they are valved, some can overcome a lot of the initial roll as lots of low speed valving reduces the rate of roll (but not absolute roll)

Bilsteins and Koni's are good at this, not sure on other brands.

might be an idea to put sway bar disconnects on and keep the bars for road driving, I made myself some for next to nothing and kept the bars on, legal requirement and all that, but mine is a daily driver.

Originally Posted by finallyrangie

might be an idea to put sway bar disconnects on and keep the bars for road driving, I made myself some for next to nothing and kept the bars on, legal requirement and all that, but mine is a daily driver.

Hi where the disconnects hard to make? And do you have a write up how any where?.Gary

Hi
What about air bags pumped up for road & let down for the dirt/sand?
Have this set up on an 81 2 door rrc,
Works.

Paul

Originally Posted by finallyrangie

might be an idea to put sway bar disconnects on and keep the bars for road driving, I made myself some for next to nothing and kept the bars on, legal requirement and all that, but mine is a daily driver.

yep x2 to gary

were they hard ot make because i Hvae looked and looked for disconnects the xeng stuff is too expensive for me...

sway bar disconnects were easy to make, if you have a little bit of metalwork knowledge, there is a very good write ups on a couple of rover forums, they are basically a piece of bent bar with a hole in it for a split pit, I will try to find a link, do you have a welding set, or know anyone who could do it for you?