Layin With a Sway bar.

[GCash]

There's been a bunch of talk about laying with a sway bar with shortend factory endlinks. i've heard of it, but never actually seen it done. I've read about the balljoint endlinks, but i was hoping to go a cheaper route. I have a ZQ8 Swaybar, and a 245/25/20 tire. i was playing around with it the other day with a stock endlink and it ended up bending and not laying out. I also have ART Lowers and all the way aired out, the angle of tab on the arm is completely different than the one on the sway bar layed, so do i just cut the tab off the arm and re angle it or am i gonna run into more issures. i just can't see a stock endlink workin smoothly

[BlazerX01]

My blazer is layd out in the front and I have my sway bar hooked with stock endlinks minus a 1/2".

[Twin-10s]

when i had art arms i had to use hiem joints on the bottom mounted in a u shaped bracket and bushings on top. only way i could get it to work with out bending the end links.

[nolowis2low]

sway bars are for road racers, just get rid of it and loose all the hassel

[layinbody31]

245/25-20? New tire size?

You'll have to go with the balljoint endlinks no matter what simply because of the completely different arcs of travel of the suspension vs. the sway bar

[Xtreme24]

Quote: Originally Posted by nolowis2low

sway bars are for road racers, just get rid of it and loose all the hassel

technically it's an ARB, and it's there for a reason.

[hamagc]

keep the stock endlinks and with a zq8 swaybar i was able to flip it on my truck and lay without it binding or bending. flip your swaybar and see what happens.

[GCash]

I'll flip it and give it a try.

[GCash]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twin-10s

when i had art arms i had to use hiem joints on the bottom mounted in a u shaped bracket and bushings on top. only way i could get it to work with out bending the end links.

any pics? or link to the heim joints you used?

[GCash]

Quote: Originally Posted by layinbody31

245/25-20? New tire size?

You'll have to go with the balljoint endlinks no matter what simply because of the completely different arcs of travel of the suspension vs. the sway bar

im the only one who has one lol, i ment 35

[JoeWinchester]

Is driving that bad without the sway bar? I still have the front but no rear... I can definatly tell that the rear is not there.

[layinbody31]

Quote: Originally Posted by GCash

im the only one who has one lol, i ment 35

I know

[hamagc]

you know i took mine off after a long time of swearing by it. you can tell the difference when you make turns and on the freeway but just coasting down the street there is really no difference.

obviously with the swaybar on sides are very limited so it all ends up as personal preference as to what you want to do. mine is still off but once i'm done with everything i want to do with it i am thinking about throwing it back on. less sides for a little better handling. but i don't know yet, i'm waiting to weld my shocks on to see what that does for handling.

[chevy power]

I am going to keep it, its not like its that much work. Why sacrafice it especially if hitting sides isnt your thing (I could care less about them).

[J.Cakes]

I Need To Find My Sway Bar, Body Roll Ftl

[russell]

Pics?

[xtremefour]

If you flip the sway bar you wont be able to lay out, it will bind. I use my swaybar with poly busings and shortened shafts. I can't remember but it was like 1/2 or a ful 1" i cust off, i also had to use grade 8 bolts. My stock bolts bent after awhile.

I love my swaybar helps the truck handle great. I had relocated my shocks when i first did my set up and I did not like the ride. Its all personal pref i guess..


Matt

[hamagc]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtremefour

If you flip the sway bar you wont be able to lay out, it will bind. I use my swaybar with poly busings and shortened shafts. I can't remember but it was like 1/2 or a ful 1" i cust off, i also had to use grade 8 bolts. My stock bolts bent after awhile.

I love my swaybar helps the truck handle great. I had relocated my shocks when i first did my set up and I did not like the ride. Its all personal pref i guess..


Matt

i believe for the flipping trick to work you need the zq8 swaybar. stock endlink, nothing cut and i layed no problem. does make a difference for ride quality but i ended up ditching mine so i could play. i'll most likely put it back on.

[wildman ss]

still have mine, but i'll probably take it off later so i can hit mad sides yo!

[sadexcuse4s10]

i shortened the stock endlinks on my blue truck by cutting the center tube in 1/2 and getting a shorter bolt.

worked great with stock arms and 225/35/20 tires

[lowdime96]

you definitely want to flip it and shorten the links

[10Droped]

put mine back on i didnt have to flip it like a read some people doing it body rolled pretty bad,here are some pics of what i made up with the heim joints

[Garage Customs]

Quote: Originally Posted by chevy power

I am going to keep it, its not like its that much work. Why sacrafice it especially if hitting sides isnt your thing (I could care less about them).

[chevy power]

Quote: Originally Posted by 10Droped

put mine back on i didnt have to flip it like a read some people doing it body rolled pretty bad,here are some pics of what i made up with the heim joints

Those look pretty cool. But your spring pockets shouldnt be so square. Mine were like that and cracked.

[GCash]

x2 on the spring pocket.

and that's something i will deff. look into doing if the flipping thing dosen't work. where'd you get the heim joint from?

[Twin-10s]

i used a set of these
then used some 3/8-24 threaded rod with new poly sway bar bushings.
with the sway bar the normal direction (not flipped).

[GCash]

Trial 1
Flipped Swaybar, stock end links about 1/2-1in from laying


Swaybar hit the frame


Trail 2
Shortend endlinks about 3/4in




It lays, i'm just concerned about the angle of the endlink, how long before that snaps?
and the there's no bushing on the bottom one becasue menards didn't have long enough
bolts. i have to cut them off every time i take the endlinks off. let me know what you think
but im leaning the the heim joint idea.

[hamagc]

crappy pics but it gives you an idea.

[greencactus3]

Quote: Originally Posted by nolowis2low

sway bars are for road racers, just get rid of it and loose all the hassel

thats the stupidest comment ive read all day

[hamagc]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

thats the stupidest comment ive read all day

x2!

[10Droped]

i got my heim joints from grainger they were pretty cheap they were the 3/8-24

[lowdime96]

balljoints ftw

[GCash]