does it do much? if removed would it give any more independance to the arms? would it make driving on road dangerous/dodgy?

the reason i ask is that ive got a King and link beam sitting in a parts car back at dads and the sway bar is a little bent. im thinking of doing this beam up for my baja but dunno if the sway bar is gonna be an issue. i spose u could clamp a new one on anyway.

Nick

The first thing I do when I do a baja up is take the swaybar off.....

Yep, take it off and use it to reinforce the long tie rod.

cool

i spose it'll give you better off road capabilities however on the normal sealed roads you will notice extra body roll when cornering.... not a good thing when your hooning! or in the wet!

when i had my baja a few year ago, i removed the sway bar, notice i little more body roll, though it was not enough to worry about. And i did hoon around a fir bit. just look at the size of it also, its pretty flexy and i think doesnt do a heck of allot any way, its like less then 20mm thick i think from memory. nn[ Edited on 26/7/2005 by Dero ]

I think you'll find that althought the front end rolls abit more, it shouldn't make much difference. A mate of mine who races motorkhana buggy said the aim of most buggy racers is to get the inside front wheel almost off the ground when hard in a tight corner on dirt. With all the weight over the back wheels, if you want less body roll, then stiffer springs and shocks is the way to go back there.
I mean check this Paris/Dakar offroad buggy built by VW. He doesn't seem too worried.

theres the answer i needed thanks pete. someone whos done it

you dont drive on the road like a jerk anyway do ya?

Tell you what though, you ain't seen under steer til you drive a 2.5l buggy with (21 iches of rear rubber), rounder a corner on dry bitumen. You put your foot down and the inside front goes up like a boat in a big swell.

I took mine off shortly after I bought it 17 years ago. The way I look at it is that my buggy is for offroad so the handling on the bitumen is secondary, on the other hand if I wanted a street buggy I would fit the appropriate products suitable for roadholding. After all that with pretty stiff suspension although the ground clearance is quite high it still handles reasonably well as long as you don't overdo it, always bearing in mind how easy it can let go in the wet

yeah true, but as I said, he doesn't look too worried, and from what I can see in that pic, it's only touching the ground by a hair.

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Originally posted by ancientbugger .... always bearing in mind how easy it can let go in the wet

It used to do pirouettes when I had too wide a tyre on the front Great fun when no-one was around but not recommended on a daily basis.