Front sway bar link length question
04-30-2013, 02:49 PM
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Front sway bar link length question
I just finished putting an OME 2" coil lift on my JKU Rubicon. I gained 2.5" lift in the front and 2.75 in the rear. I installed new JKS adjustable length sway bar links in the rear, and they measured out to
12" to get the rear sway bar back to a slight downward angle.
I moved the old rear links to the front. The old front ones were 5" the ones I moved up to the front are 9". My front sway bar doesn't sit level anymore. It tilts upward a few degrees. Is the 9" length too much for the front ? The instructions with the JKS adjustable sway bar links show a range of 5 degrees above or below horizontal as acceptable.
12" to get the rear sway bar back to a slight downward angle.
I moved the old rear links to the front. The old front ones were 5" the ones I moved up to the front are 9". My front sway bar doesn't sit level anymore. It tilts upward a few degrees. Is the 9" length too much for the front ? The instructions with the JKS adjustable sway bar links show a range of 5 degrees above or below horizontal as acceptable.
04-30-2013, 03:09 PM
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Angled up seems to be much better than a negative number.
When you flex with short links (swaybars angled down) you run a greater risk of having the swaybar flip around backward. Pics of the damage are great for us to look at on here, but the people it has happened to haven't been all that happy with the results. This has been known to happen while on a lift at the shop, so not necessarily an off-road only thing.
When you flex with short links (swaybars angled down) you run a greater risk of having the swaybar flip around backward. Pics of the damage are great for us to look at on here, but the people it has happened to haven't been all that happy with the results. This has been known to happen while on a lift at the shop, so not necessarily an off-road only thing.