Rear sway bar disconnects.

[epriev]

So I have seen too many videos on the front sway bar disconnects, but none on rear sway bars has popped up on the youtubes feed. Is disconnecting the rear sway bar a thing with Jeeps?

This question is coming from someone who deleted the rear sway bars on my Xterra 2 weeks after purchase, and has had no front sway bars since I put on the solid front axle.

 

[OverlanderJK]

No. The rear sway bar doesn’t limit flex. No need to disconnect it.

 

[Disciple Off Road]

The factory rear is a torsion bar, no need to disconnect it and they work perfectly fine. I’m surprised you enjoy driving it with none at all, that’s a lot of body roll.

 

[wayoflife]

Can't speak for your Xterra but on a Jeep, the rear sway bar is thin enough and has a low enough torsion that it will NOT limit flex. What it will do is provide much needed and desired stability when the front is disconnected, especially on off camber situations. Eliminating it is just dumb.

 

[epriev]

The xterra has leaf rear springs, so the swaybar in back would limit big time. The 1970s-1990s pathfinder didn't have them. The xterra used the pathfinder frame and many suspension components. And honestly, I couldn't tell it was gone on pavement when I daily drove it.

After the solid axle swap, it became a weekend trail rig. The kit didn't have a sway bar. It has pretty good body roll, but it's manageable. The bump stear was the main issue post swap.

Thank for the replies.

I should be picking up the jeep next weekend.

 

[epriev]

The factory rear is a torsion bar, no need to disconnect it and they work perfectly fine. I’m surprised you enjoy driving it with none at all, that’s a lot of body roll.

I drive like grandpa on pavement with it. But it's not daily driven.

 

[wayoflife]

with leafs, there is no real need for a sway bar. Even old CJs didn’t come with them.

 

[epriev]

Thank you all.

Not new to 4x4ing, but learning jeep specific traits...