Anti-Roll (sway) bars and IFS

[Yeti]

I'm trying to figure out if disconnecting sway bars are any use in an IFS setup. With SFA, it is a no-brainer but I don't have enough experience with IFS to make that call.

Any thoughts or input would be welcomed.

 

[P0H0]

Sounds like the greater articulation would help you plant those rock sliders on some bigger boulders? However, from what I am reading it may not be so beneficial for them to be removed when you are towing. Don’t you plan on doing some towing?

 

[Yeti]

Yeah, the need for them (in my case) is absolute. I'm unsure if having them disconnected with IFS would really matter, though. My Solid Axle truck loved when the sway bar was disconnected but I never did that with my Rebel because too much pressure on an air bag = not an air bag

 

[ChsTremor]

I'm trying to figure out if disconnecting sway bars are any use in an IFS setup. With SFA, it is a no-brainer but I don't have enough experience with IFS to make that call.

Any thoughts or input would be welcomed.

Different vehicle but the new Broncos are IFS and the Badlands version comes with an electronic sway bar disconnect. Check out this video at about the 35s mark. They disconnect it under load. Definitely helps with IFS but I would think only useful in rock crawling applications.

 

[Hasley84]

I Have them disconnected in My IFS 4runner with a longer travel front coilovers. There is a substantial difference in wheel droop with the front sway bar removed. I currently daily it with all the sway bars removed, have some body roll but it's manageable. I do not however do any substantial towing with it.

 

[FaKtor34]

I wonder how hard it would be to create a system similar to what's on the bronco for our trucks, that way you flip a switch and presto disconnected, flip it back and it reconnects. Now if you could just find a bronco that's been totalled but the disconnect is still in good shape. Just a thought.

 

[Yeti]

I Have them disconnected in My IFS 4runner with a longer travel front coilovers. There is a substantial difference in wheel droop with the front sway bar removed. I currently daily it with all the sway bars removed, have some body roll but it's manageable. I do not however do any substantial towing with it.

I haven't been under a Toyota in a while but I seem to remember there are two things that allow that to happen. The LCAs are proportionally longer than the tremor and there is more space for the hub to move. The tremor also has a bit more weight, higher which may require less bushing flex to prevent roll over.

All that said, it may be possible to disconnect the front anti-sway bar but it may not end up with the desired results. A happy medium may be some sort of progressive or lighter anti-sway bar to prevent a turtle tremor. You would still have substantial (possibly manageable) body roll on road and speed use bit could give more dedicated articulation off road. Have a couple packs of bushings just in case.

 

[Yeti]

I wonder how hard it would be to create a system similar to what's on the bronco for our trucks, that way you flip a switch and presto disconnected, flip it back and it reconnects. Now if you could just find a bronco that's been totalled but the disconnect is still in good shape. Just a thought.

I forget who has an electronically activated sway bar disconnect(G2 Axle and Gear?) that would work really well if they figured out how to fit it on our trucks