Broken sway bar link

[Nathanl91]

So we made a trip to Elbe and it was my zjs maiden voyage did pretty well with my rough country lift and 32"s

Question, I snapped one of there away bar links right in half on my front pass side, along with bending the hell out of the bracket on the axle housing..

What would cause the link to snap? Just over flexing?

Overal not bad carnage for a beat run lol

 

[KarlVP]

Yup, suspension cycling off road will do that.

Are those the stock ones? If so they are crap and will do that every time.

Time to invest in a set of swaybar disconnects for when you go offroad. I used to use the JKS ones on my TJ and they were fantastic.

 

[Nathanl91]

There just the links that came with the rough country kit

 

[WA-Wheeler]

Sway bars are for the road. Either remove them or get disconnects......

 

[Nathanl91]

I was looking at the jks ones, and a big freaking hammer to straighten my axle bracket ?

I don't have a tow rig or trailer so I want to keep sway bars for road

 

[KarlVP]

You can BFH the axle bracket. Or any friend with a welder and some steel can make a new one for you pretty quick.

Or you could find a junkyard D30 and cut the bracket off of that and weld it to yours.

From the photo you have there though, it looks best to just bend her back to where the bracket should be. :awesomework:

 

[ain'tstuckjustresting]

Plus, Rough Country parts are on the lower end of quality.

 

[Avanteone]

Rough Country is crap. But as stated, if you leave the sway bar connected, AND try to take it offroad, it will bend/break crap every time.

 

[Jeepasaurusrex]

Build your own...

 

[Jacob]

Build your own...

These joints are noisy. I have them on my TJ now. I am going to my JKS ones back on. OP get the JKS quick disconnects.