A lot will also depend on what shocks you're running. In hindsight, a lot of my limitation was the OME Nitro shocks I was running. Their travel sucked. I've heard there are some new OME Nitro shocks with more travel but IDK. IMO any lifted D1 should be running at least a 10" travel shock, period.

So if your shocks have crappy travel don't bother removing your sways because that won't make a bit of difference.

 

found a pic of when the bar was bound up.....look close to the left side of the sway bar....see the link is upside down....

 

Removed my sways with little change in roll. Even with old stock suspension. Full of gear might be different.

Even without long travel shocks, sway removal will result in more even tire-road pressure, important with open diffs.

 

you guys are making me wanna do this before the next time i go out... seems the only place i get stuck is when i lift a wheel, which with the sways happens a lot sooner than i think it should!

wheelgarage, let us know how you like it after you rip them off!

 

Will do!

 

Are you sure about that? I just went down and looked at my removed one. Looks like bar stock that was formed and the ends flattened and drilled. Anyway, I would just remove them and leave them off, but it is up to him.

 

yes, otherwise as you pointed out... it would have deformed. the shape doesnt necessarily determine the material.

these things go through thousands/millions of cycles (much like your springs) and need to not fatigue or deform.

unless rover does it differently than every other car ive ever seen...

 

Steel start off as molten and is either poured into slab or bar and processed from there. Springs are made from bar. If it distorted or flipped as he reported and is "close to what it was" before it flipped and rode with one side lower than the other, then it has seen stresses beyond what it was designed to see. It may not be obvious to the naked eye, but there are internal stresses. The questions are "how bad were they? ""Will it tend to return to that same flipped over position again more readily" "Who really cares, ain't mine"?

But since I have the one I removed, which is still in original form, I will gladly ship it to you for the cost of shipping and a small Rum Tax Surcharge.

Send me your address if you would like my removed one.

 

I remove mine when I go wheeling..it takes 5 minutes

 

Danny I think you're over analyzing this. The ball joint flipped up when he articulated. Much the same way a leaf spring shackle can invert. It's really not a big deal. I'm sure his sway bar is just fine. I wouldn't give it a second thought.