Thread: Sway Bar Removal.

Legality: Talk to one of the engineers on the RTA website. If you talk to two or more, you might get different answers...

Additional Work: Must unlikely longer brake lines needed. Bodywork only needs camel cut if bigger tyres go on.

Sway Bar Disconnects: Good in theory, PTA in practice in my experience. They work better on Jeeps, where the design is totally different. Anyway, you'll unpin it ok, but lining everything back up at the end of the day isn't easy. There has to be no tension on the bar at all - dead flat surface.

Is it worth it?: You'll get a small improvement at essentially no expense. On road, the response is a little different which you'll quickly get used to.

The rear bar is basically bent coathangar wire, I doubt you'll notice any difference on or off-road. The front bar is more substantial, and its removal will make the front perform better off-road. It will move towards a more balanced vehicle.

If you happen to be contemplating longer shocks etc later on, the front bar has to come off. Have a look, you'll see the prop shaft will touch if it drops further.

Regards
Max P

In addition heard somwhere that moving the cross member behind the motor back will help has the extra articulation could be limited by the drive shaft resting on it...

Any comments anyone?????

exactly what max said!
as for moving the cross member?? thats a new one?? thought that was only for series LR's?? i never had any dramas with the front prop hitting it...

btw
no swaybars and longer shocks

cheers phil

I like to drop the front off bar off of the disco and leave the rear on...

its not that hard to quickly drop the link off of the rear and then use the jack on one side to level it all up for reattachment and with only the front gone the handling on road isnt all that swayish.

you dont need longer brake lines unless you couple the disconnect with a lift.

go for it mate, I did mine and it made an improvment, my car was a 97 S1 disco with 2'' lift no need to lengthen brake lines, I found that you got better up and down travel once removed and on road handling didn't change that much, later on I did it to a mates puma 110 and once again better wheel travel and we both reaken it road better with them out.