CamaroRacing12

hey guys i went to remove my front sway bar today and got stuck... i removed the center bolts but the bolts that hold it to the front suspension wont come off... the whole thing turns not just the bolt. i tried to sneak a wrench to hold it from the bottom but its like impossible.... any tricks??

thx!
tony

JimboManJones

The endlinks? Stick a wrench on the nut on top, and use a socket with an extension and theres alittle access hole underneath the a-arm to get at the bolt head, then just loosen it.

They are probably really rusty and you might as well just cut them off and buy new endlinks though. I snapped both mine when I installed my new hotchkis bar.

Z-RATED94

As most of us do. They usually just snap off.

AutoRoc

Cutting them off is a good excuse to buy new ones with poly bushings.

CamaroRacing12

can u DD ur car without ur front swaybar safely?

CamaroRacing12

need this ? anwsered badly

2000GTP

I definitely would not. Unbolt one side or remove it altogether for track runs, but I would leave it installed for street use.

amean94ta

you dont even notice its not there just leave the back one on thats scary

AutoRoc

It is completely safe. It degrades the handling of the car slightly but the rear bar still does it's job. Your F-body will handle more like a taurus basically. A little extra body roll in the turns.

12SCNDZ

I never noticed anything different about the way mine drove when I removed my swaybar. It was my DD for 2 years after I took it off.

Frank
CPT

AL SS590 M6

This is dead on correct. Anti-sway bars do nothing but control body roll. With the front one gone and a good back one still there all you will notice is that if you push it too hard in a corner or curve it will complain (the tires will yell at you to slow down).

CamaroRacing12

yea well i dont plan on doing any autoxing any time soon so i think it will be coming off... anyone in the market for a stock swaybar?

neil350

Pulled my front bar off a while back, run QA1s so I just tighten the fronts up, car doesn't handle much worse than my buddies 94 Z28 with 90K miles and all original suspension down to a set of stock decarbons. Still handles a lot better than my S-10 Blazer

rskrause

I seriously question the benefit if the rest of the suspension is not set up for drag racing. But yes, you can drive without it.

Rich

Razor_Blade

I should know it a couple of weeks. UPS is on the way with the M/T Drag Radials for my bolt on, stalled A-4 with 3.73 gears. I'm planning on making a few passes, then taking off the front sway bar for my second trip to the track.

If it hooks on the radials, I don't really expect an improvement without the sway bar. It seems to me that a car thats already hooking could actually 60' worse without the sway bar, since power will be lifting the front more instead of pushing the car down the track.

Does this make sense, or am I thinking too much?