I've read where alot of people disconnect their front sway bar before they go wheelin'
is this something that should only be done before going off road? or can you drive the truck daily with it unhooked?

pro/cons....?

will the truck drive different with it being disconnected? or premature tire wear?
If I leave it disconnected should I have an alignment done?

Thanks in advance
Brad

 

I removed mine years ago and havent missed it since. It is slightly noticable without it, but my truck still drives just fine (maybe because I have stiff coils).

You will not need an alignment after removing it or re-installing it... has nothing to do with it.

 

Thank you sir, thats next on my list to do
I guess i'll do it when I install the lift!!

 

I'm going to take mine off and see if I like it.

 

why would you take it off?

 

Will give you better flex and traction.

I did this on my leaf sprung Jeep, but have heard that a coil sprung vehicle will be a little more prone to tipping, is this true? There are also sway bar disconnects that you can get. When you go off roading, you just pull a pin and tuck them away, then put them back on before gettin back on the road...requires no tools to operate. Also, on a coil sprung vehicle, do you need limiting straps, so that your springs wont "fall out". As in, you are flexing and have a lot of tire drop...would this cause the coil to come out?

Sorry for being a noob

 

Actually, yes they will. Limiting straps SHOULD be used. I hose clamped my coils top and bottom to prevent them from falling out of the buckets

 

they cant "fall" completely out bc of the shock going through the center of it but they can certainly come out of their seat and cause some trouble, i have heard lots of ppl doing what olyelr did with the hose clamps, its a great idea

 

I was reading about this same thing the other day on pavementsucks and I read a one liner that was pretty funny. The thread was from a guy asking if there were any quick disconnects on the market for a Ram, one guy replied "There sure are, when I got my truck, I quickly disconnected it and threw it in the trash."

I am debating disconnecting mine in a few weeks when I go to Uwharrie. I have coil spacers and they hold the springs in there pretty tight. The track bar should keep the axle from dropping too far on mine, considering I had to disconnect it just to get the springs back in with the coil spacers.

 

My diesel springs lift my truck just over 3", and without the sway bar they still fell out of the coil bucket when wheeling (only when flexing it out) until I hose clamped them.

The main issue I see with removing the sway bar and not installing limiting straps is the axle will droop so much that it nearly binds the front drive shaft. The sway bar also acts basically as a "limiting strap" for the stock suspension. Without it, the axle will keep dropping until the upper control arms contact the flat metal piece above the them on the axle end.