Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 8:47 +0000

Tried searching but dont think its been posted before, Has anyone ever thought of Using the electric sway bar diconnect out a Jeep Rubicon, And Modifying it to suit a hilux Swaybar. Anyone know if its possible? If i could find one locally cheap id have a crack at it.

Link to a Swaybar on Ebay in the Us with the Electronic Disconnect.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-Sway-Bar-S ... 415f1e2ec4

Other problem would be if the motor would fit under the front of a Lux.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 8:53 +0000

Heres a couple of pics of them.

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Have found a few other sites were people have thought of it but not tried.

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/4 ... nnect.html

Maybe easier to just remove completely.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby danmcccc on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 8:59 +0000

pretty cool if it would work but imo opinion just another thing to f$@#&% up and its not hard to just use the pinned disconnects
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 9:16 +0000

The pinned diconnects only let it go so far dont they? I'll probably just get heavier springs in the front and take the sway bar off.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby blatcho on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 9:26 +0000

That looks like a pretty good idea im guessing you would need to modify the bashplate to get it under the front of a hilux though
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby danmcccc on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 9:33 +0000

CJY91LUXXY wrote:The pinned diconnects only let it go so far dont they? I'll probably just get heavier springs in the front and take the sway bar off.

they keep it captive yes...but they still allow alot more independance in the front end...i reckon we need a sway bar in the front of our luxs when wheeling coz ive been in some situations on funny angles where i wished the swaybar wasnt unpinned, when theres no swaybar active the body rolls ALOT more, both on and offroad
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby pisso01 on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:24 +0000

If you put heavier springs in the front without sway bars it will flex less than with soft springs and sway bars. Also it will be a rough ride.

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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:49 +0000

pisso01 wrote:If you put heavier springs in the front without sway bars it will flex less than with soft springs and sway bars. Also it will be a rough ride.

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Yeah that is true, Maybe just put up with what Bodyroll it will have.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:50 +0000

danmcccc wrote:
CJY91LUXXY wrote:The pinned diconnects only let it go so far dont they? I'll probably just get heavier springs in the front and take the sway bar off.

they keep it captive yes...but they still allow alot more independance in the front end...i reckon we need a sway bar in the front of our luxs when wheeling coz ive been in some situations on funny angles where i wished the swaybar wasnt unpinned, when theres no swaybar active the body rolls ALOT more, both on and offroad


Yeah i know what your saying, I'd love to get a hold of one of the jeep disconnects and see if it can be done it'd be good to be able to switch it on and off when you want.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby Hilux Max on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11 +0000

With the rekon struts and the sliding swaybar links disconnected on the road you cannot even tell the difference.

so much so that Im going to remove my swaybar at some stage this year and make an even more high clearance bashplate to suit.

Its not so much to do with the spring but the valving on the shocks.

with my rpevious suspension kit (even it was pulling 9.25" of travel) with the swaybar off you could feel the boatiness on the front end round corners.......

different kits will feel and perform differently...I can only comment on my experiences. Trial and error.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby CJY91LUXXY on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 1:23 +0000

mmaaxx wrote:With the rekon struts and the sliding swaybar links disconnected on the road you cannot even tell the difference.

so much so that Im going to remove my swaybar at some stage this year and make an even more high clearance bashplate to suit.

Its not so much to do with the spring but the valving on the shocks.

with my rpevious suspension kit (even it was pulling 9.25" of travel) with the swaybar off you could feel the boatiness on the front end round corners.......

different kits will feel and perform differently...I can only comment on my experiences. Trial and error.


Mmmm im waiting to see the new struts once the go on sale, If i end up getting a pair i might give the reomoval a try.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby Hilux Max on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 4:56 +0000

Even the current ones like I mentioned work well without the swaybar.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby danmcccc on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 6:17 +0000

no matter what valving is in the shocks it wont stop the offroad rolly poly im talking about...onroad, yer sure...but im talking bout when you decending down certain things you dont want the front to work super independantly coz it shifts the weight far too much...IFS without longarm is just never gonna meet the needs of every situation im thinking
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Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby MarkYounger on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 8:11 +0000

To many moving parts. Yes something else to break. Also you would have to mod the bash plate and looks like lose a lot of clearance. you may even have to re route the power steering line that runs in that same area. The ones with the disconnect look to be the go, but I have no experience with this.
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Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby bill_i_am on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:18 +0000

I don't run a sway bar at all anymore. The rekon's handle beautifully.
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby squeezemetim on Fri, 11 May 2012 4:48 +0000

some people may find this handy?? I know its off a zuk but the principle is the same and i can imagine it would be a damn site quieter than a sliding droplink??

http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=10914
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby Jono_seco on Sun, 22 Jun 2014 8:04 +0000

A heads up. I never ran a sway bar in my last tuck either and the extra travel was good but my mate in his Patrol just got fined. The first thing that stood out to the cops was no sway bar, then they went to town on him..I think a quick release sounds brilliant!
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby benneta on Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00 +0000

Didn't the GQ (ish) patrols have a cable operated sway bay disconnect (might have only been rear?) Could that be modified to fit hilux front?
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Re: Electronic Swaybar Disconnect.

Postby hiluxxury on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 6:57 +0000

benneta wrote:Didn't the GQ (ish) patrols have a cable operated sway bay disconnect (might have only been rear?) Could that be modified to fit hilux front?


Yes they did but style wouldn't work on the hilux as the lose sway bar would destroy the CV/CV boot. The cheapest option is the pin through the bolt style which is described on this forum somewhere. I have also played with the idea of something like this but haven't got the time... https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/sway-b ... ect.17113/
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