oldschoolXJ

So I know that the front sway bars are necessary for on road driving, but is the rear sway bar even do anything? I hear some people say its useless but others say to keep it on because it stops rear swinging. Is the rear sway bar useful or useless?

jmm0122

Useless.

ol'DixieJeep

useless...

if your a skilled driver the front can go too but its more dangerous.

dont wanna start that argument lol

but the rear is pointless...

Gatchmo5710

ditch the both of them. i couldnt tell the rear was gone. front made it handle way differently.

Jarrett

I ditched both of mine also. You relearn how to drive it.

Zack92MJ

I've driven both stock and with 4.5" lift with out sway bars for about 4 months stock and almost 2 now lifted. Not have has any problems, just don't try and drift everywhere and you'll be fine. And don't act like an little sophomore who just got there car either.. all and all, you'll be fine.

oldschoolXJ

Ok I'm gonna get front disconnects but looks like the rear is goin tonight

Gee oh Dee

I haven't run either sway on mt XJ since its been mine.

Some say the rear is nice to have for towing, but I cannot confirm as I have never used it.

ol'DixieJeep

i pulled a triple axle trailer with my jeep not too long ago without swaybars and it was fine. trailer was BEEEEEFFFFF! for moving big earth movers... ol dixie did fine with it, the 4.7 made a huge difference!

xj_maniac_newb

If your suspension is stiff theres not THAT big of a difference. However on a very flexy suspension (such as my buddys 00), its pretty noticeable and can be kinda scary really. I can think of more than a few times that we've got the jeep on 2 wheels from having to swerve or hitting a turn just a little too hard. And he's only had it for a little less than a year. In other words, if you like to drive fast and recklessly keep on the front swaybar. Drive like you have common sense or keep them on. Theres a reason they use swaybars on JeepSpeed jeeps.

junior3382

I lost the rear before I even lifted it....LOL.... now becareful about these guys saying to ditch the front as well..... The front is an inspection item in most states, esp here in PA, and the front is the axle with the most movement. If you are going to do a lot of on road driving, the front really should stay....

but yeah, ditch the rear, its useless.

Firehawk068

Rear sway bar on a leaf spring vehicle doesn't do much. As it is, the factory rear sway bar on a Cherokee can be twisted very easily by hand.
The leaf springs themselves are anti-twist by design also, and help fight body roll in the rear.
I ditched the rear sway bar on mine when i did the lift, and can't tell it's even gone.
The friction of the leafs against each other will also dampen suspension movement, which will hide symptoms of worn out shocks, so check yours while you are under there.

keep your front sway bar if you drive it daily.........ALOT more body roll will happen if you remove the front one.
Disconnect it for extreme wheeling, but keep it.

cdawall

Been running neither for a while now. It is a DD and have yet to have issues out of it. You can tell the front is disco'd, but I know that I am driving a tall skinny SUV and not a sports car.