Removing The Stabilizer Arms...
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Removing The Stabilizer Arms...
I was wondering how bad it would affect my truck's road manners if I were to remove the front and rear Stabilizer Arms. Would there be little difference? Big difference? Or no difference at all?
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The stabalizer bar is the same as a sway bar correct? If so you would notice a lot of body roll and when the wind blows the side of the truck it would probably wobble. People so it a lot to get more flex out of their suspension and get through some of the tougher terrain. Instead of just removing try unbolting the stabalizer/sway bar arm links from the frame and see how you like it and if it gets a bit hairy while driving, re attach them.
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That's exactly why I wanted to remove them. More Flex. I just didn't know how much it would affect the truck on-road. I always thought it depended on how fast you were going and how big of tires you had...
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Thanks, ya if your doing city driving it shouldn't affect it too bad but if you go on the freeway you may run into some issues. the wind going along the sides of your truck can cause a lot of swaying (hence the need for sway bars), a friend of mine had a suburban that he took the bars off for more flex and when he went on the freeway, it would sway back and forth and he said it was sort of scary. Like i said if you unbolt the links but leave the bars on, when you get done wheeling you can bolt them on and be on your way. At least thats my theory.
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I think I'll give it a try the next time I wheel it. I also hear the longer Radius Arms help with Flex when it comes to a TTB.
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Yes longer arms allow more flex.
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I took mine off for more flex and never put them back on. I have had no problems at all and even noticed it glides over speed bumpos where 1 side hits but not the other more smoothly. I'm sure it would make a big difference is very sharp emergency type turns and braking turns where the rollover tendency would be greater but for everyday driving (including highway) I have not had any problems.
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I would imagine it would flip a bit easier but i don't think anyone planes to try to turn fast in these monsters anyway. I think 20 is the fastest i will turn in a sharp one for the fear of tipping. I plan to unhook mine and see how i like it and if i find it suits my ride style i may take them off completely
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I drove mine around a bit with the rear unhooked and didn't notice much body roll. I also was only doing about 30-35 tops. I plan to hook it back up since I bought all new parts, but wouldn't be afraid to take it off if I lifted it
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If you wanted to do a homebrew quick release for it i'm sure you could get a small pin form the trailer hitch where it locks into the receiver and stuff those through the links so all you have to do is pull 2 pins and slide those mothers out and your ready to go. However my only concern would be the sway bar swinging down and catching on something. My way of fixing that would be some sort of duct tape and zip tie contraption...
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If you wanted to do a homebrew quick release for it i'm sure you could get a small pin form the trailer hitch where it locks into the receiver and stuff those through the links so all you have to do is pull 2 pins and slide those mothers out and your ready to go. However my only concern would be the sway bar swinging down and catching on something. My way of fixing that would be some sort of duct tape and zip tie contraption...