To sway bar or not to sway bar

kody29 · May 17, 2017

I have 18in coil overs on each corner and have tons of body roll are sway bars worth getting would love some advice and where is best place to get them?

CHASMAN9 · May 17, 2017

kody29 said:
I have 18in coil overs on each corner and have tons of body roll are sway bars worth getting would love some advice and where is best place to get them?

WOW, I wouldn't run a buggy without a rear anti sway bar. HUGE difference in my opinion. Some people run them on both ends but I've always found them fighting each other and easier to roll. Just ask Jake Burkey, I bought the one off his front. lol

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kody29 · May 17, 2017

CHASMAN9 said:
WOW, I wouldn't run a buggy without a rear anti sway bar. HUGE difference in my opinion. Some people run them on both ends but I've always found them fighting each other and easier to roll. Just ask Jake Burkey, I bought the one off his front. lol

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well I would love to work a deal like that out. how do you know what length arms to get and so on?

CHASMAN9 · May 17, 2017

kody29 said:
well I would love to work a deal like that out. how do you know what length arms to get and so on?

Buggy or vehicle? Lifted, shock lengths, travel per wheel? Currie has a lot of information on their site and might be a little easier to read their information.

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kody29 · May 17, 2017

Ok I will do that thanks

karatejosh · May 17, 2017

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That and a turbo best things i ever put on my buggy

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whiskeymakin · May 17, 2017

Tk1 also has good swaybar stuff and info on their site. Bout to order one for myself

Jeep Family · May 17, 2017

I had tons of roll from lift and lean from engine torque. I did a swaybar and have the best ride ever. 82 scrambler with LT1

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truckbroke · May 18, 2017

I run ORIs and really like how they cut out body roll. I was contemplating a sway bar when I had my 2.5" coil overs on my jeep.

kody29 · May 18, 2017

Yes I have been talking to tk1 I will be ordering one next week bad part is looks like im going to have to find new way to mount rear bump stops.

the_white_shadow · May 19, 2017

I have a rear Tk1 bar on my buggy. Ended up taking it off after the shakedown run to see how it worked without it. Wheeled the next weekend and couldn't tell the difference. Probably just leave it off. For a crawling trail rig that has proper suspension geometry, a swaybar isnt needed IMO. Key word there is proper. Not saying mine is perfect, but it seems to work well without it. You may have other issues if youre experiencing excessive body roll. Shock placement/link placement/shock travel/shock tuning/etc all play a huge part.

jk101 · May 19, 2017

the_white_shadow said:
I have a rear Tk1 bar on my buggy. Ended up taking it off after the shakedown run to see how it worked without it. Wheeled the next weekend and couldn't tell the difference. Probably just leave it off. For a crawling trail rig that has proper suspension geometry, a swaybar isnt needed IMO. Key word there is proper. Not saying mine is perfect, but it seems to work well without it. You may have other issues if youre experiencing excessive body roll. Shock placement/link placement/shock travel/shock tuning/etc all play a huge part.

Want to sell the swaybar?

the_white_shadow · May 19, 2017

I think im going to hold onto it for a minute or two just in case i get the itch to go fast(er) one day.

74_Chevota · May 19, 2017

the_white_shadow said:
I have a rear Tk1 bar on my buggy. Ended up taking it off after the shakedown run to see how it worked without it. Wheeled the next weekend and couldn't tell the difference. Probably just leave it off. For a crawling trail rig that has proper suspension geometry, a swaybar isnt needed IMO. Key word there is proper. Not saying mine is perfect, but it seems to work well without it. You may have other issues if youre experiencing excessive body roll. Shock placement/link placement/shock travel/shock tuning/etc all play a huge part.

Its not always about geometry. My Coil overs are setup with lighter compression and rebound. This allows my buggy to ride smooth and sway bar keeps it from having body roll. No matter what your geometry is like, you WILL have body roll if you run a soft suspension. Albeit, body roll can be cause of also poor suspension setup.

my advice for anyone looking into a swaybar is do NOT go with a TK1. They WILL fail eventually. Several buddies have had issues, along with myself. The spline will either strip in the bar or the arm; or the bar will just flat our fail and break. TK1 will NOT stand behind the product either. Just my experience.

Currie is about the best for a budget sway bar you will get. PAC if you want the best of the best.

the_white_shadow · May 19, 2017

74_Chevota said:
Its not always about geometry. My Coil overs are setup with lighter compression and rebound. This allows my buggy to ride smooth and sway bar keeps it from having body roll. No matter what your geometry is like, you WILL have body roll if you run a soft suspension. Albeit, body roll can be cause of also poor suspension setup.

my advice for anyone looking into a swaybar is do NOT go with a TK1. They WILL fail eventually. Several buddies have had issues, along with myself. The spline will either strip in the bar or the arm; or the bar will just flat our fail and break. TK1 will NOT stand behind the product either. Just my experience.

Currie is about the best for a budget sway bar you will get. PAC if you want the best of the best.

all valid points.

In regards to mt TK1 bar. First trip out the arms on the bar loosened up and walked over to the drivers side. Once the passenger side had about 20% engagement the bar stripped out the splines on the aluminum arm. I thinks its usable still but not the best first impression. This was all in about 3hrs of wheeling on mild shakedown trails. I tightened the **** out of them as well beforehand.

whiskeymakin · May 19, 2017

Thanks for the tk1 junk info! I was about to call them up. I've ran currie stuff before with good results, I was just looking for something different

kody29 · May 19, 2017

yes thanks for great info I will not be ordering tk1 now

smbroady82 · May 19, 2017

Anyone with ORIs ever ran one?

Jw

truckbroke · May 19, 2017

I`ll be honest I couldn`t really see why you would need one with ORIs unless you needed it for taking curves for racing purposes. For crawling and bouncing it seems like you`d be wasting your money unless you had them set up lose as hell which would give you bad ride on the trails all the way around. Someone else might can chime in on a case where one would be needed though.

smbroady82 · May 19, 2017

truckbroke said:
I`ll be honest I couldn`t really see why you would need one with ORIs unless you needed it for taking curves for racing purposes. For crawling and bouncing it seems like you`d be wasting your money unless you had them set up lose as hell which would give you bad ride on the trails all the way around. Someone else might can chime in on a case where one would be needed though.

That makes sense, mine doesn't body roll at all in turns or anything, but then again I only have a 22r so I'm not pulling too many Gs going into turns lol.