Patrol suspension
Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 16:20
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Roachie
G'day, Has anybody had any experience with quick disconnects for sway bars or with Tough Dog Ralph's shockers?
With the quick disconnects, has anybody tried only fitting one at each end. What I mean is can you leave one side of the sway bar connected to the chassis with the existing "arm" and have a disconnect on the other side? They cost about $200- a pair and I was thinking of just getting one pair of front-type ones and using one of those at the back. The back sway bar connects on the GU have one the same length as the 2 front ones and the other one is about twice as long. I would leave the long back one in place and put a "quicky" on the other side and do the same at the front.
On the Tough Dog "Ralphs", has anybody used them? They are bloody huge compared to other brands (in diameter) and I like the idea that the company is prepared to give a 5 year warranty while most other companies are limited to a 2 year warranty. My Patrol is pretty heavy @ just over 3 tonne before I load the gear, camper trailer and family up for a trip and my Koni's have done 115,000 and look very tired.
Thanks in advance for any tips or experiences.
Roachie
Reply By: Mark - Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 16:50
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 16:50
I reckon a "one-sided" quick disconnect would work fine, as long as the swaybar has room/clearance for up and down movement.
I once broke the front swaybar pivot on my previous 80 series and had unbelievable wheel articulation, both sides. It was a while before I noticed the broken pivot (thought shocks were simply getting old when cornering) and once repaired had noticeably worse articulation. The weld on the repaired pivot broke again after a while, which shows the amount of stress the swaybar is under. Took me a while to get around to fixing it again ;-)
I now have a GU and would be interested in how it works if you decide to go ahead.
Cheers
Mark
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Follow Up By: Roachie - Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 18:13
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 at 18:13
Thanks Mark,
I should have said too that I'm currently running with both sway bars off altogether. I have Lovells 4" front and 5" rear coils and Polyairs in the back too. The reason the back ones are 5" is to cater for the weight of the Opposite Lock heavy duty steel rear bar and dual spare wheels, 145lt long range tank, cargo drawer with recovery gear and ARB 40lt fridge permanently mounted on slide and cargo barrier etc. Also have ARB full length steel roof rack. Up front have ARB steel b/bar, Warn 9000lb winch and dual batteries etc.
With sway bars both off, I get good articulation and because
the springs are heavy duty, the amount of body roll is not too bad......not as bad as an early model Rangie I once had a ride in!!
Cheers,
Roachie
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