TJ front sway bar links horizontal

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So my neighbor just bought a 4th TJ because #1 is permanently parked with a rusted out frame, #2 blew its motor & #3 chewed the front ring & pinion after he hopefully unknowingly knocked it into 4wd & drove for weeks that way (2 & 3 within weeks of each other). I actually sold him #3 & it was highly modified. He bought #4 so he’d have something to drive while 2 & 3 are at repair shops.
I was looking over #4 the day after he brought it home. 01 4.0 standard, no lift, 33’s. Swapped in 44 rear. Welded in bracing for steering box he said the PO said was a kit. He said it’s “kinda all over going down the road.”
SO HERES MY QUESTION:
The front sway bar links are horizontal to the ground. Looks to me like they are longer aftermarket ones for a lift. The sway bar points straight down. Is there some reason for this?

I’ve never seen this. I’ve owned several Jeeps & currently have a TJ & JKU. I’m thinking he got ripped off. Towed home within days off buying with a probable blown head gasket.
 
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Pics of your "neighbor's" Jeep or it never happened. :unsure:
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Rickyd said:
Disconnect them and flip the sway bar back up where it should be,then reconnect
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I know that can be done & am aware of the recommended degree above horizontal that the sway bar should be. Just wondering if this is something I’ve never heard of because it was obviously intentionally done
 
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Tonufun said:
I know that can be done & am aware of the recommended degree above horizontal that the sway bar should be. Just wondering if this is something I’ve never heard of because it was obviously intentionally done
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Think through what an antisway bar does and how it does this. Now look at yours and quit trying to find any excuse for why it has any justifiable reasoning behind it.
 
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Tonufun said:
I know that can be done & am aware of the recommended degree above horizontal that the sway bar should be. Just wondering if this is something I’ve never heard of because it was obviously intentionally done
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Ok looks like the whole bar was removed when all that shitty welding was done and installed backwards.

Unbolt the whole thing,flip it over and reinstall with the links downward.It is upside down.

Don't flip the links on the bar,put the whole thing back how it is supposed to go
 
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Another WTF moment. Drunk welder disconnected the sway bar and let it hang out of his way, forgot where it went and just reattached the links in that position. :rolleyes:
p.s. Looks like the tie rod is bent now too. Your "neighbor" should stop buying Jeeps after this one.

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Tonufun said:
So my neighbor just bought a 4th TJ because #1 is permanently parked with a rusted out frame, #2 blew its motor & #3 chewed the front ring & pinion after he hopefully unknowingly knocked it into 4wd & drove for weeks that way (2 & 3 within weeks of each other). I actually sold him #3 & it was highly modified. He bought #4 so he’d have something to drive while 2 & 3 are at repair shops.
I was looking over #4 the day after he brought it home. 01 4.0 standard, no lift, 33’s. Swapped in 44 rear. Welded in bracing for steering box he said the PO said was a kit. He said it’s “kinda all over going down the road.”
SO HERES MY QUESTION:
The front sway bar links are horizontal to the ground. Looks to me like they are longer aftermarket ones for a lift. The sway bar points straight down. Is there some reason for this?

I’ve never seen this. I’ve owned several Jeeps & currently have a TJ & JKU. I’m thinking he got ripped off. Towed home within days off buying with a probable blown head gasket.
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Your neighbor should NOT own Jeeps.
 
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TheBoogieman said:
Another WTF moment. Drunk welder disconnected the sway bar and let it hang out of his way, forgot where it went and just reattached the links in that position. :rolleyes:
p.s. Looks like the tie rod is bent now too. Your "neighbor" should stop buying Jeeps after this one.

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Actually a decent explanation, no one would intentionally install / connect like, apparently they did though.
 
TheBoogieman said:
Another WTF moment. Drunk welder disconnected the sway bar and let it hang out of his way, forgot where it went and just reattached the links in that position. :rolleyes:
p.s. Looks like the tie rod is bent now too. Your "neighbor" should stop buying Jeeps after this one.

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I thought that too but if you look at the angle of the stamped bar end you'll see the whole bar is upside down
 
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