Removing sway bars?

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Yea off road it works great on the road the only time I worry about it is when I go over a set of RR tracks at a 45 degree angle at 50 mph. That gets a little interesting lol For that sort of stuff I will slow down a little.
 

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Still have the rear in? Ever disconnect it? I'm not sure how it would hang if temporarily disconnected
 
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At one time I had both of them removed it did give a softer ride off road but, not enough to be worth sacrificing on road stability.
 

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I removed my front sway bar about 6 months ago, corning certainly is much worse but for highway driving and road trips it doesn't make a difference.
 

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Are the quick disconnects manual or electric? I seem to remember a dodge ram had an electric disconnect.. Not sure how hard to adapt.
Drove a Jeep wrangler with big offset wheels and no swaybars once, felt very unsafe on street. Maybe it had bad shocks too, but it was scary at slow speed even.
 

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Depending on your suspension setup example if you have tuned shocks elka fox kings etc... you probably dont even need swaybars they still corner very well just not as stiff as if swaybars are on still very predictable.
 
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Depending on your suspension setup example if you have tuned shocks elka fox kings etc... you probably dont even need swaybars they still corner very well just not as stiff as if swaybars are on still very predictable.
I am not sure I would agree, I have custom built King suspension for my Tahoe I supplied them with exact weight on each wheel and the type of driving I expected to do. With both sway bars it is far more stable in turns on and off road. With a well tuned suspension and sway bars I don't see very much advantage in disconnecting them. My rig has over 10 inches travel in the front with or with out the sway bars connected.
 

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