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Offline Zooki

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Sway bar questions.
« on: June 13, 2007, 10:27:19 PM »
Does anyone know if the front swaybar is solid or hollow? Are the swaybars on the Sidekick and the Sidekick Sport the same? Thanks!
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2007, 10:35:12 PM »
I just don't know.
Must people just throw them away. ;D
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Offline Zooki

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 10:44:41 PM »
So, not to be mean, but if you didn't know, why did you reply?
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Offline cj

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 11:06:11 PM »
Quote from: Zooki on June 13, 2007, 10:27:19 PM
Are the swaybars on the Sidekick and the Sidekick Sport the same? Thanks!

They are different due to the changed chassis width.
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2007, 11:55:39 PM »
Quote from: Zooki on June 13, 2007, 10:44:41 PM
So, not to be mean, but if you didn't know, why did you reply?
To be nice, I Was Explaining Why An Answer May Not Come So
Quickly or be known.
 ;) ;D
Now SMile and and try to be happy. ;D
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Offline TysonS

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2007, 12:19:35 AM »
who cares, i guess if its soild the metal recyclers might give you some more money for it....
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Offline the joker

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2007, 03:30:29 AM »
on my 93 it was hollow
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2007, 05:03:15 AM »
Hollow
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Offline Zooki

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2007, 01:52:49 PM »
I wasn't trying to be mean, I was thinking of some way to fab up a disconnectable  sway bar. I know some people don't use them, but some people like to have them on their daily drivers. I was thinking if the bar was solid, I could rig up something like the axle disconnects the YJ jeeps use. I was thinking of cutting the swaybar in two in the middle, adding some bar with splines, and using a splined collar to lock the two sides together, and pull a cable inside to disengage. Anyway, I'm still in the "dreaming" stage.  Or, I was thinking of welding a larger piece of tubing over the bar on one side, having the other side of the sway bar fit into it, and using a 3/8" pin through the collar and bar on the non welded side. Then I would just have to pull the pin out to unhook the 2 sides from one another.  So, anybody have a spare sway bar they want to get rid of?  :)
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2007, 02:00:49 PM »
throw the sway bar away i dont even notice its gone on mine
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Offline Amilla

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2007, 03:13:50 PM »
ya i ran my with no sway bar and i didnt notice anything really at all.

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2007, 07:18:12 AM »
Tell me what benefits i will have of road  from removing the front sway bar
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2007, 08:16:44 AM »
If theres no noticble differene in handeling when its off, then there are no benifits...other then you might of gained some more articulation  ;D

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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2007, 08:35:45 AM »
there is a difference!! it is alot smoother....but if you drive like me (and ass) i still take corners hard and fast it is a bit scary till you get used to the tippy feeling. that said i would not put it back on at all it is such a nicer drive.  it removed the harsh smash over bumps
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Re: Sway bar questions.
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2007, 09:29:32 AM »
I much prefer the handling with it on on-road.  By quite a bit.  I even swapped out my stock 2-door's for the beefier XL-7s and would consider adding a rear one.  I don't mind a firmer ride for improved handling. 

But in answer to Silver Lake's question, since the purpose of the sway (actually anti-roll or anti-sway) bar is to keep one side of the suspension from compressing or flexing much more than the other (in effect keeping the chassis from leaning excessively in turns), it's exactly what you don't want off-road.
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