6:24 pm
July 15, 2005
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Justin, I got the bends done by a buddy of mine that owns off road addiction up here in Auburn. Problem is that I had to much bend put in them. They hit the back of the tire on full stuff. Heading over to his shop to take about 2 inchs of Z bend out. I did flex test the jeep yesterday with it attached. Huge difference. At the top of my flex ramp, the jeep used to feel real tippy. With the rear sway bar hooked up, the jeep was solid as a rock!!!!! On the road, night and day. Really feels like driving a sports car again. Almost no body sway at all.
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7:45 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline "RobD" wrote: Justin, I got the bends done by a buddy of mine that owns off road addiction up here in Auburn. Problem is that I had to much bend put in them. They hit the back of the tire on full stuff. Heading over to his shop to take about 2 inchs of Z bend out. I did flex test the jeep yesterday with it attached. Huge difference. At the top of my flex ramp, the jeep used to feel real tippy. With the rear sway bar hooked up, the jeep was solid as a rock!!!!! On the road, night and day. Really feels like driving a sports car again. Almost no body sway at all.
Cool. Thanks! I guess I'll order one and go talk to them about bending mine. I did order a Swayloc for the front yesterday. 8) There is no way I want to wheel another season without any sway bar.
8:09 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline Before you bend yours, hook up with me and lets test fit your arms first. You may not need to bend them. You don't have the stretched wheel base and your spring buckets are stock unlike mine. I already went through the learning curve on the installation 
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8:44 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline "RobD" wrote: Before you bend yours, hook up with me and lets test fit your arms first. You may not need to bend them. You don't have the stretched wheel base and your spring buckets are stock unlike mine. I already went through the learning curve on the installation
Sounds good. Thanks Rob! 8)
11:53 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Online What's the advantage of the new sway bar over stock? Is the advantage stability off camber? articulation off-road? smoother travel because of improved geometry? Something else? Is it becuase the stretch renders the stock set up unusable?
What caused the change?
3:16 am
July 15, 2005
Offline Same thing that anyone running a rear Dana 60 has. The stock sway bar doesn't work, and cheap after market one's like the kind you and John got from Lee will bend when you wheel them. The Genright sway bar has a ton of benefits to it. Body roll, off camber, and it works with my stretched wheel base. The change was that I haven't been running a rear sway bar for years now and decided to take the plunge and put one back on. It isn't cheap, the kit is $500 and if you can't install it yourself, it will cost another $200 or more to have someone install it for you.
"BKGM Jeepers" wrote: What's the advantage of the new sway bar over stock? Is the advantage stability off camber? articulation off-road? smoother travel because of improved geometry? Something else? Is it becuase the stretch renders the stock set up unusable?
What caused the change?
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3:25 am
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July 10, 2003
Offline Rear sway baes are for sissies 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
3:49 am
July 15, 2005
Offline "JohnDF" wrote: Rear sway baes are for sissies
Say that when one of my tires are sitting on your hood 😈
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4:56 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline "RobD" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"]Rear sway baes are for sissies
Say that when one of my tires are sitting on your hood 😈
You can't drive over anything without me spotting you
I used to wheel a lot. . .
1:59 pm
"JohnDF" wrote: Rear sway baes are for sissies
Front sway bars are for sissies. 😈
2:34 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline Your right, sway bars are for sissies, but leaf springs are for little girls
"Bender" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"]Rear sway baes are for sissies
Front sway bars are for sissies. 😈
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2:41 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline Best thread ever...bunch of tech and off topic cr@p slingin' all in one. 8)
I used to wheel a lot. . .
3:04 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Online "RobD" wrote: Same thing that anyone running a rear Dana 60 has. The stock sway bar doesn't work, and cheap after market one's like the kind you and John got from Lee will bend when you wheel them. The Genright sway bar has a ton of benefits to it. Body roll, off camber, and it works with my stretched wheel base. The change was that I haven't been running a rear sway bar for years now and decided to take the plunge and put one back on. It isn't cheap, the kit is $500 and if you can't install it yourself, it will cost another $200 or more to have someone install it for you.
[quote="BKGM Jeepers"]What's the advantage of the new sway bar over stock? Is the advantage stability off camber? articulation off-road? smoother travel because of improved geometry? Something else? Is it becuase the stretch renders the stock set up unusable?
What caused the change?
I do have to agree about the bending becuase I have bent mine already, and I don't even wheel! I didn't think you could even consider some type of stock set up becuase your stretch makes the frame connections too far forward. Is that not the case?
Also, the JK already has the same style set up as yours, but from the rear (though less beefy and cheap quality). It would be an easy product design to get your set up back there. I wonder how long it will be until someone figures it out and designs a JK version. It could even be done without any welding...
3:44 pm
Club Member
January 20, 2009
Offline "RobD" wrote: Your right, sway bars are for sissies, but leaf springs are for little girls
Funny how this little girl with leaf springs and 33s followed you with your coil springs and 40s through Fordyce.
Yeah, yeah, I needed a few rocks stacked, but still.
I want to do that one again this summer now that I have 35s and low range. Hope my axles survive!
4:12 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline Kevin's getting cocky...time to take him to the Hammers 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
4:29 pm
Club Member
January 20, 2009
Offline "JohnDF" wrote: Kevin's getting cocky...time to take him to the Hammers
Someday, but not until I get some D60s. I think my current axles would snap like toothpicks on the Hammers.
4:41 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Online "JohnDF" wrote: Kevin's getting cocky...time to take him to the Hammers
Uh oh - he's moving on from light beer!!!!
5:04 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline "BKGM Jeepers" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"]Kevin's getting cocky...time to take him to the Hammers
Uh oh - he's moving on from light beer!!!!
It's Miller Time
I used to wheel a lot. . .
5:37 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline "JohnDF" wrote: ...time to take him to the Hammers
Did somebody say HAMMERS?
5:39 pm
January 12, 2007
Offline Oh and Rob, after I saw the price on the rear sway bar, I decided it will be a little while before I order one. 😡 I thought they were a few hundred dollars cheaper.
5:58 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline A few hundred cheaper? How much do they cost?
I used to wheel a lot. . .
6:25 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline $500
"JohnDF" wrote: A few hundred cheaper? How much do they cost?
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6:26 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline The Currie rear antirock is a little cheaper, but isn't a complete kit like the Genright and the arms on the Genright are 1/2 inch steel unlike the 1/4 inch currie arms..
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6:28 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline Your axles will hold up just fine as long as you stay on 35's..You do have chromo shafts right?
"kevheb" wrote: [quote="JohnDF"]Kevin's getting cocky...time to take him to the Hammers
Someday, but not until I get some D60s. I think my current axles would snap like toothpicks on the Hammers.
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6:29 pm
July 15, 2005
Offline Let me test mine out for the summer and then I will give you an opinion on it and then you can decide if it is worth it for you!!
"Justin" wrote: Oh and Rob, after I saw the price on the rear sway bar, I decided it will be a little while before I order one. 😡 I thought they were a few hundred dollars cheaper.
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