Sway Bar Disconnects for a DII

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Author Message   Monte Blumenfeld (Monteman71) Member Username: Monteman71 Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 01:28 pm:    Anyone know of someone who makes Sway Bar disconnects for a 00 DII? Monte   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 918 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 01:36 pm:    Monte, just remove the nut, cross-drill the bolts, and instal a 1/2" hitch pin. Voila! QD sway bars.   traveltoad (Traveltoad) Member Username: Traveltoad Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:12 pm:    Greg, Are you QD-ing the rear sway bar? Leaving it on? Removing it completely?   Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 494 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:20 pm:    Just take them off and leave them. There really isn't much of a difference on-road (at least there wasn't on mine-stock springs & shocks w/120K miles)   Chu Y. Son (Cyson) New Member Username: Cyson Post Number: 33 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:33 pm:    the JKS sway bars for the TJ work pretty well too. I think 4wheelparts carries them.   traveltoad (Traveltoad) Member Username: Traveltoad Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:46 pm:    Anyone running without sways with a rack?   Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 497 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 06:11 am:    I am. The on-road difference is not noticable. The off road is SO much better! It is a really easy job. Why not do it and see if you like it. If not, you'll see how easy it would be to make a QD with basic parts from Home Depot. Try the rears first and drive it for a day or so. Then do the fronts.   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 920 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 08:50 am:    On the front, you drill both the top and bottom bolts. You can remove the front link completely and the sway bar will remain in place. For the rear, drill the lower bolts. Then, make a small "L" shaped bracket with a 1/2" hole in each leg. Bolt it to one of the rear bump stop retaining bolts. Then, you can simply pivot the rear sway bar up and out of the way, and attach one link to the above bracket to keep it out of harm's way.   Barry (Barry) New Member Username: Barry Post Number: 20 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 06:34 pm:    With sway bar disconnected, will OME shocks limit drop enough to prevent ABS/brake cable damage? -Barry   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 926 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:00 am:    Barry, I think you'll be fine, since the shocks will limit the travel.   Marc M (Mosi) New Member Username: Mosi Post Number: 32 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 11:38 am:    I have the first batch of the OME shocks that were a tad longer than the current ones and I still have about 1.5-2" left on the brake/abs lines at full flex.