1999 cherokee

ok so am planing a camping trip ann planing on taking my dirtbike trailer and my dirtbike. My question is when i installed my 4.5 lift i ditched the rear saybar would i need to reintall it to tow anything?

ericfx1984

or not

razor02097

Nope. I ditched the rear sway a year ago and haven't had any reason to reinstall it. I do tow BTW.

CherokeeCountry

Same here. Don't ever run a rear sway after I did my lift, just tossed the old one out and I'm fine.

dukie564

nope took mine off also. It's so thin it basically does nothing. You won't notice a difference.

07Negative

Same here. Threw that thing away and never thought about it again. I yow as well. Bikes, 2k lbs. of dirt. Etc. You'll be good.

Marks2000XJ

The general consensus is you will be fine without it. I took mine off based on everything I read about being okay without it.

I have not had any issues without it. I don't even notice it is gone.

93gc40

You don't need it.. If you are one of the few who can actually feel the handling difference without it. You will have to decide if you want to keep it or not. If you keep it you have to figure have to make extentions and disconnects for it, if you plan Lift and wheel.

Pnguyen7

Do you have kids? A family? Whats happens in a emergency situation When you swerve to avoid something and try and re-correct? IDK but I'M not chancing it. Maybe later if I change my mind I'll take it off.

mcoughlin

^^^ the handling difference is so minuscule that you wont hardly noice it at all.

phsycho

I have kids and I tow with them in the jeep and have never felt that I was endangering them at all. I had the same question as you and decided to start small and work up as far as load size/weight.

notop46

Probably the best compromise is to remove the rear, install a larger front from a V8 equiped grand, and have disconnects for serious flex situations.

I did not even remember that I had a rear until I had to swap out a rear tire.

As long as you have the same amount of anti-sway stiffness, it should handle the same whether the stiffness is in the front or the rear. For a front engine, rear wheel drive car, you want most (if not all) of the stiffness in the front. Sway bars in the back tend to lift the inside rear wheel causing them to slip (spin under power).

razor02097

Rear sway bar or not. What happens is you swerve to avoid hitting something then drive on home to change your shorts.


Not knocking you but your lift and larger tires are going to have more of an adverse effect on handling than removing the rear sway bar.

goalieman24

Kinda going off what Razor just said...
If you have kids and a family, a lifted Cherokee isn't anywhere near anything close to a "family" vehicle, sway bar or not.


On a side note, I could feel a difference for the first few days when I removed mine. Just drive within your means, after all it's not a 2-seater sports car.

UserID6095

The UpCountry Suspension models did not come with a rear sway from the factory. They were sold brand new that way as a factory delete mod.

If you are worried about swerving with kids in the car, dont drive a top heavy station wagon!