Anyone disconnect their front sway bar?

[Moyshe Kapoyer]

There are other advantages besides articulation. Post#13. Took mine off and the truck handles great even with a big camper, but you will need new shocks.

I gave up some small bump suppleness, and sweeping turn speed, but the handling in sudden maneuvers, especially with bumps, is great. Better offroad as well since one wheel can respond to a bump without the swaybar resisting that motion.

I live in 80mph+ world, that's the vast majority of my driving. I'll take the ability to keep up with traffic in a turn over the other characteristics..lol.

 

[rruff]

^No trouble exceeding the speed limit on onramps and switchbacks. YMMV and all that...

 

[crismateski]

06 Power Wagon with an Ovrlnd Camper. No sway bar for roughly 200k miles. I am still alive, wife gets a bit car sick in the mountains sometimes though.

 

[rruff]

...wife gets a bit car sick in the mountains sometimes though.

If it's "floaty" or "wallowy", new shocks or a rebuild with higher low speed damping should fix that. Unless she just gets car sick in anything...

 

[yamaha225]

Yeah the Bilstein 5100’s I put on the F-350 helped a lot. They’re on the stiffer side as far as damping so they help a lot with the body roll.

 

[rruff]

Bilstein 5100’s

Good budget choice from what I hear. Digressive damping which is what you want.

 

[yamaha225]

Good budget choice from what I hear. Digressive damping which is what you want.

Yeah I like them so far!

 

[TexasSixSeven]

I live in 80mph+ world, that's the vast majority of my driving. I'll take the ability to keep up with traffic in a turn over the other characteristics..lol.

I run 80-90 almost everywhere. My truck with camper and no front sway bar handles curves better than my wife’s stock 4Runner. A curve near my house I can run 82-83 without issue. I can only take that same curve at 78-79 in hers. I’ve had a couple emergency maneuvers in the 30K miles I’ve been running a camper. Not once did I feel it was an issue.

 

[rruff]

My truck with camper and no front sway bar handles curves better than my wife’s stock 4Runner.

What are the relevant details of your setup?