sway bar = good

[will e]

I got the jeep back today. One of the things I had them do is set up the front sway bar again. Even though it is a little taller WOW what a difference. Big difference in the road manners.

My motto is still 'No sudden moves' but I am glad I had them hook it all back up.

[jsinajeep]

Good move. they work good on the road.

[Stuka]

Yeah I do not understand why people argue against them. Run some quick disconnects, so you can still pop it off offroad, but for the street they are a must IMHO. Although I should note I have the one on my J10 disconnected, but the 6" springs are so stiff body roll is not an issue with it. But with flat springs and an SOA, I would hook it back up in a heartbeat.

[AwesomeJ10]

Good call on putting it back on. It's good to hear the feedback.

the problem with my setup is that my high steer is really close to the frame and has even been known to contact the frame, especially when going fast over the whoops. I had to grind off the stock sway bar mounts under the frame just for clearance.

Do you have any pics of your setup? Is it high steer? etc?

[fulsizjeep]

I like sway bars. It is hard to get up to the stool when the bar is constantly moving though.

[AwesomeJ10]

I like sway bars. It is hard to get up to the stool when the bar is constantly moving though.

LOL

[Stuka]

Good call on putting it back on. It's good to hear the feedback.

the problem with my setup is that my high steer is really close to the frame and has even been known to contact the frame, especially when going fast over the whoops. I had to grind off the stock sway bar mounts under the frame just for clearance.

Do you have any pics of your setup? Is it high steer? etc?

You can always mount the sway bar behind the front axle. A lot of factory setups have it this way.

[AwesomeJ10]

Good call on putting it back on. It's good to hear the feedback.

the problem with my setup is that my high steer is really close to the frame and has even been known to contact the frame, especially when going fast over the whoops. I had to grind off the stock sway bar mounts under the frame just for clearance.

Do you have any pics of your setup? Is it high steer? etc?

You can always mount the sway bar behind the front axle. A lot of factory setups have it this way.

yeah.... I have a very, very stiff fox shocks on it valved pretty stiff and overcharged to 275psi. so the sway isn't too bad when driving unloaded. now when I tow the camper, that's that another story!

but I would like to see pics of the OP's rig for comparison.

[will e]

I can post pics but I don't have high steer.

[AwesomeJ10]

no high steer? how do you pull that off with SOA?

your sig says high steer...

[fulsizjeep]

It must be true Blake. You read it on the Internet.

[will e]

I always get 'high steer' and 'cross over' confused. On the D44 the part from the steering box and the part from knuckle to knuckle were both over the springs.

On my D60 the knuckle to knuckle part is under the springs.

You can kind of see it in this photo:



I will take some better ones when I get home.

[Stuka]

Come to think of it, we have not gotten to see any photos of it with the new axles/wheels/tires

[fulsizjeep]

Over, under, whatever. Where are more pictures?

[will e]

There is about three inches between the 'big tubular thing that goes over the springs' and the sway bar mount.



Here you can see how they mounted the sway bar. They torched the tabs right to the axle instead of the plate. Some wing nuts give me the option to disconnect.



Did you notice the awesome diff cover? I picked that up off a board member. Good deal on it. But it was supposed to be for the D44. A year or two ago I bought a new gasket for the 44 and held it up to the cover and realized 'I had been scammed'. Okay, I don't ~Think~ he knew he had a d60 cover. Anyways, I held on to it and kept it for the upgrade. It's actually kind of what got me to thinking to ~'go big'~~~~

[will e]

Oh, I measured to the drip rails at the doors. 77". I still clear the garage door opening with about 3 to 4 inches to spare.

[Stuka]

The big tube thing would be a drag link


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[jsinajeep]

Mike, I am ready to head back to OURAY want to go

[AwesomeJ10]

There is about three inches between the 'big tubular thing that goes over the springs' and the sway bar mount.

so is the upper steering link only 3" of up-travel away from impacting the sway bar? It sure appears so. Mine is very similar, but I don't have the sway bar in the way, and the steering link still hits the frame.

from what I'm seeing, you can't 'wheel until you remove the sway bar, or locate it behind the axle like stuka was saying...

[will e]

I will check it out on a shake down run. It would be a bummer if I have to remove it. What do the rest of the D60 folks do? Tad, how does yours look?