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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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I'm wondering how many people run without there rear swaybar? This last weekend I found the rear swaybar was restricting my CO's to work properly so I removed the swaybar. Driving on the road, I can't tell a difference and droop on the rear axle dropped further per measurement.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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I don't run one. Can't tell a difference on road. Works better offroad. I do think setup has a lot to do with it. Coilovers likely help.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:31 AM
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I don't run a rear swaybar either. Can't tell the difference on street and have a little more travel offroad.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 09:13 AM
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After adding RK rear control arms it pushed my axle back to where the sway bar links were contacting the upper control arm mount. I had planned to move the sway bar back, but when removing it i ended up busting off two or three of the bolts so i left the thing off.

After running without it the only difference i see is offroad, making my shocks my limiting factor so if i droop too much i couls lose a coil..

On road no difference really.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 10:14 AM
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Mines out. Cant tell any difference. I had the link grab a brake line so I removed it to eliminate the possibility of it happening again.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob 12B1P
Mines out. Cant tell any difference. I had the link grab a brake line so I removed it to eliminate the possibility of it happening again.
Cool for off-road, squirrelly on road..
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 12:12 PM
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Thank you guys for the information. I'll be removing the rear swaybar.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k12jk
Cool for off-road, squirrelly on road..
Mines drives fine on road. Corners fine on winding roads. Stock bar is only like 1/2' thick, not like it adds a lot of tension. The front on the other hand definitely makes a difference.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob 12B1P
Mines drives fine on road. Corners fine on winding roads. Stock bar is only like 1/2' thick, not like it adds a lot of tension. The front on the other hand definitely makes a difference.
Front is a must. Going down 168 from Shaver with no rear tracbar didn't even feel a difference.
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