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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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The plan was to simply reattach my sway bar disco style using 7/8" celvis pins. Easy. But it quickly got more complicated. Removing the old pins took some work.. Until we realized that cutting the bolt to about a 1/2" length and backing it out with a ball joint puller was way easier. So then I had to reattach the sway bar brackets. I guess I grabbed the wrong bolt because it snapped the weld nut inside the frame rail clean off. So I pulled bumper so I could get a hold of said nut, only to discover the steering box is in the way. So out came the cutting wheel again... At this point I was 4 hours in and decided that I'd deal with it later... Pic one is where old sway bar end link bolt was. Pic two is with bumper off looking into frame rail- you can see the metal plate that is part of steering box. Pic three is sway bar mount bracket with weld nut broke off and stuck on end of bolt... Pic four is my classy vac ball relocate and five is pretty self explanatory.
Well... Enjoy the upside down pics... Really ****in cool it keeps doin that... Really awesome.... Really...
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Another reason I'm glad I don't have any sway bars.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Another reason I'm glad I don't have any sway bars.
x2 I'm running at 3.5" of lift (tbird coils, bastard pack) with RC nitro shocks, no sway bars. no problems.

On a side note:
Gee - Still instead in those injectors, I never heard back from you?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Another reason I'm glad I don't have any sway bars.
Me too.

Plus it allow me to sell my brand new disconnects that nobody has bought from the classifieds yet.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Another reason I'm glad I don't have any sway bars.
Thinking about taking my front one off. I've driven a wrangler without one and it was scary as ****.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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How is the weather in Aussie land?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Thinking about taking my front one off. I've driven a wrangler without one and it was scary as ****.
I drove mine stock and lifted without them. I can tell you that with the new shocks with 0 miles on them are a heck of a lot better than ones with 200K on them. And the stiffer coils. NO more wallowing like a water buffalo on corners.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mr white
Thinking about taking my front one off. I've driven a wrangler without one and it was scary as ****.
Make sure you do a test run with your truck before just ditching them.

Find a large parking lot and check the body roll and how comfortable you are with it.
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