Why disconnect sway bar

Here's a comparison with and without the sway bar attached on the same obstacle. On the left, with the sway bar connected, the gap between the tire and fender is larger. That gap is the result of the sway bar pulling the body to the drivers side. On the right, with the sway bar disconnected, the body stays more parallel with the ground causing the gap to be smaller, the tire tucks inside the fender due to the extra travel from the lack of sway bar.

After a day in the woods it's time to head home, for many people their offroad vehicle is also their daily driver. When it's time to hit the road reconnecting the sway bar is a must. The additional travel in suspension and lack of anti-body roll is very dangerous. As mentioned in the top of the article the sway bar works to stop the body from leaning. That extra articulation will drastically effect the way a vehicle handles on the street.

Simple changing of lanes without a sway bar, the body roll will be significant and dangerous. Not to mention how dangerous taking an off ramp or a turn quickly can be.

Enjoy the benefits of offroading without a sway bar but always be sure to reconnect the sway bar before traveling on the road.

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Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. You crave articulation, and you'll disconnect parts of your vehicle to get it. For those who don't seek out tough trails and mud-covered body panels, the idea of a disconnecting sway bar might be an odd concept. It's less odd when you listen to Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained talk about it.

A sway bar provides stability and helps to mitigate body roll in a car or truck. It's a great bit of bent mental that helps keep your vehicle feeling planted on the road. You don't want that when you're crawling off road, however, because you need all the wheel travel you can muster.

More specifically, you want a greater degree of freedom when it comes to the angle at which your axle can articulate.

More simply, you want your left and right front tires to be able to move up and down more independently from one another. With your sway bar connected, this movement is limited. If you disconnect that sway bar, you can roam the dusty hills more freely.

A number of modern vehicles feature electronically disconnecting sway bars. On these vehicles, you don't need to get under your rig with a set of tools to disconnect your sway bar. You just sit on your heated seat and press a button. Once pressed, an electronic motor pushes against a shift fork that's held in position by a spring.