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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: MOCAJ on May 10, 2008, 10:16:14 PM

Title: ZJ rear sway bar
Post by: MOCAJ on May 10, 2008, 10:16:14 PM
i know some of the xj boys chuck the rear sway bar over the hedge

wot about the ZJ, its a 97 we are lifting 2"  8-)
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Post by: greggmo on May 10, 2008, 10:42:09 PM
keep it.
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Post by: Bubba on May 10, 2008, 10:43:35 PM
arnt zjs on coils if so defo keep  it
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Post by: Bishops Finger on May 10, 2008, 11:17:39 PM
ZG's are coils...which lift are you going for MOCAJ?
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Post by: daggie on May 11, 2008, 06:22:47 AM
tis needed
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Post by: MOCAJ on May 11, 2008, 07:36:52 AM
thanks fellas  :-D
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Post by: Bubba on May 11, 2008, 10:36:34 AM
if you took it off you would shit yaself for sure tis deffo needed spose the higher you lift you would need longer or adjustable ones
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Post by: tartanzj on May 12, 2008, 05:31:03 PM
If you're talking about rear trackbar then it is required. On a 2" lift the body will pull slightly to the RHS but won't cause any rubbing/binding issues and isn't too noticeable. I had to put on an adjustable one when I went to 4.5".

If its the anti-roll bar. You could ditch it. I kept it on the 2" lift so restricted articulation. Took mine off when I went higher cos I didn't buy extended links and I haven't noticed too much difference. I suppose if you drive it hard into corners you might want to keep it on but I reckon take it off, see the difference on/off-road; if you don't like it you can always stick it back on  :-)
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Post by: Dodster on May 12, 2008, 07:39:47 PM
I might have this completely wrong... :-D
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Post by: JamesH on May 12, 2008, 09:01:37 PM
If you were replacing springs with stiffer ones and similar with shocks then you could possibly ditch it. Given the weight of a ZJ and the coils all round I'd keep the bar with what you have planned.

The few coil-converted XJs out there normally find the rear a bit unstable without some kind of anti-roll bar. I know one guy in the US fabricated the Currie Antirock system into the rear of his XJ for a compromise between stability and flex.
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Post by: PtP on May 12, 2008, 09:47:40 PM
Some of you may have seen this before, but a friend of mine runs a well sorted 80 series Landcruiser which has coils all round on live axles and has both front and rear anti-roll bars removed. It looks very tippy when it’s pushed hard into corner at speed, but I’m not aware he has ever lost it! I think he has just had to adjust his driving style, but I have heard a front wheel has been lifted on the odd occasion whilst cornering too hard! :lol:

Have a look here and follow some of the links on the page to give you some more detail.

http://www.mudtoys.com/index.php?option ... 6&Itemid=9 (http://www.mudtoys.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=9)
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Post by: Bishops Finger on May 12, 2008, 09:50:54 PM
The Stourbridge possee havn't been racing roung Maccy D's carpark again?