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01-28-2012, 01:18 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
Can someone with a 1993-1997 show me where it is? I'm new to this whole thing
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01-30-2012, 09:27 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
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My 01 had a rear sway bar
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My 01 dosnt have one... I would really like one. Im used to owning 3/4 tons that have no concept of body roll. so id like to stiffen mine up. plus i do alot of long distance driving and moderate city driving with alot of curves. i just hate the way it feels taking turns.
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01-30-2012, 09:32 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
oh, how do y'all think it will do with towing? i tow a lot but don't like the sway when towing but would like better flexing and cornering with daily driving
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01-30-2012, 10:11 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
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01-30-2012, 10:24 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
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Originally Posted by RedBomber
My 01 dosnt have one... I would really like one. Im used to owning 3/4 tons that have no concept of body roll. so id like to stiffen mine up. plus i do alot of long distance driving and moderate city driving with alot of curves. i just hate the way it feels taking turns.
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A rear sway bar off a Bronco II will bolt up to the back.
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01-31-2012, 12:08 AM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
AWESOME! thanks robert! which generation is that? the little broncos from the 80s?
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02-01-2012, 07:31 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
so basically all sway bars do is:
-limit flex
-worsen the smoothness of the ride
-limit body roll
and taking them off:
-more flex
-smoother ride
-more body roll
correct? so basically take them off?
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02-01-2012, 07:40 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
I'm keeping mine on since a tow in the spring and summer almost everyday
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Originally Posted by 97Rangerv6
so basically all sway bars do is:
-limit flex
-worsen the smoothness of the ride
-limit body roll
and taking them off:
-more flex
-smoother ride
-more body roll
correct? so basically take them off?
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but yes your correct but body roll might be a lot
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02-01-2012, 07:42 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
I got one off a Bronco 2 and i love it, I could tell a difference in the ride quality.
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02-01-2012, 10:07 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
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Originally Posted by Bighomedog11
I got one off a Bronco 2 and i love it, I could tell a difference in the ride quality.
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what year bronco II did you get it off of? those are the late 80s short stubby little bronco correct?
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02-01-2012, 10:23 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
Doesn't matter about the year. But yeah i think it was one of those. I just went to my local Pullapart and pulled one off a Bronco 2
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02-01-2012, 10:37 PM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
ok cool. thanks!
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02-02-2012, 08:35 AM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
I ended up taking my front one off the other night, and wow, what a difference. Is there a rear one on a '93?
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02-02-2012, 10:24 AM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
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I'm keeping mine on since a tow in the spring and summer almost everyday
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Almost every single Ranger, Cherokee (XJ) and 1/2-1ton pickup with leafs lack a rear sway bar with the towing package. If that's what you are worried about you are wrong. IMO being leaf sprung makes a sway bar worthless. My 05 never had a rear sway with the factory tow package just like 90% of the other ones. I have towed with and without a front sway and I could tell the difference, but it was not bad it still felt safe and cornered just fine.
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02-02-2012, 11:09 AM
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Re: how to remove sway bar
im thinking about taking mine off because ever since i put my coil spacers in, when i go over a speed bump my truck makes a loud boom. i think its the sway bar bottoming out the a arm, (if that makes sense? get what im saying?) its like my suspension drops but slams because the sway bars are holding it back i hate it, im talking little speed bumps too, ones with a fast drop.
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