Missing rear sway bar?

Much safer with it.
Might want to replace that brake line too.

LONGJP2 said:

Much safer with it.
Might want to replace that brake line too.

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X2^ and you won’t have as much body roll with the sway bar installed.

It wouldn't be a huge deal for me. Some lighter models like the SE didn't even have them from the factory. The rear bar is tiny and the front is massive. Unlike the front bar the rear is almost impossible to tell if it's connected, at least mine it makes very little difference. Looks like they just cut the links and they are hanging free. In your shoes I'd remove all the bolts, if any break I'd find something else to play with. If everything comes out then I'd get the links, bar and bushings and put all back together. I'm sure you can find one used pretty cheap, maybe car-part.com or Davey's Jeep?

You're gonna die if you don't replace it!

Krusty_tub said:

You're gonna die if you don't replace it!

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Funny but true, most sway bar discussions go down that road at some point.

pagrey said:

Funny but true, most sway bar discussions go down that road at some point.

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Always, however.. I've been missing one for years.

Krusty_tub said:

I've been missing one for years.

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Something tells me you don't miss it at all.

My personal opinion is vehicles with coil springs at all four corners do much better with f/r antiswaybars. Leaf spring vehicles? Nah. Leaf springs are stable in all directions except up and down. Coil springs aren't stable in any direction.

I unknowingly broke a rear antiswaybar link while taking 3 Boy Scouts offroading out in the desert. Breaking one link disables the antiswaybar entirely. We drive home through the mountains which meant lots of tight turns and even those 3 kids noticed the additional sway and body lean. They started making all kinds of 'whoa' comments around the curves once they noticed it. It was noticeable enough to me to stop to figure out what happened which is when I discovered the busted link in the rear.

For those who claim to not be able to notice it, I just don't know what to think. I've experienced it front (when I had front discos I had forgotten to reconnect) and rear as above and it's not something that takes training to notice.