what if you were to clean up the threads on the top of the sway bar link and put a lock washer under a big stainless steel wingnut? That way you could remove that link much easier and just throw it in the back of yer jeep? Just a thought.

 

Nice and cheap! I like it!

 

not a bad idea. it would be quicker then taking an adjustable wrench to it haha. i might try that.

 

Ok so I am thinking I have the pins and clips already, this is a no brainer. I can not get those stinking factory bolts out. I have sprayed them down with pb blaster. I have snapped a c clamp in to two pieces. I have hit them as hard as I dare with a 8 pound sledge. Still they will not come out, any ideas?

 

i cut mine and drilled them out. A good bit and it took about 10 minutes to cut and drill

 

Use a pitman arm puller

 

X2 thats how I removed mine.

 

I cut mine flush with the bracket and used an air hammer, they popped right out.

 

I'm sure this may seem like a stupid question.......but what the hell, I'll ask anyway.

How hard is it to get everything lined back up to put the pin in?
My jeep has a 3" lift and looks like the sway bar is under a lot of stress just sitting in the drive way. I did not lift this and am wondering should something have been done to extend the sway bar mounts?
I intend on making a set of the disconnects myself.

 

Got my pins and just waiting for some time to work on it

 

I've a 3" as well and it lines up fine. I ended up using 2.5" pins instead of 2" though.

 

Awesome stuff, can't believe I've never thought about doing something like this before. Before I hit the trail I used to take 10 minutes disconnecting my sway bar manually.

 

I hate to be a downer.. this mod is questionable in the sense that you are using ungraded pins in a suspension component. The factory bolts that are used are the metric equivalent of grade 8.. here your using less then grade 5 parts.. I seriously doubt they are grade 5. Just dont come back later and say they are bent or broke.

Just my warning




BTW FLAME on me if you like

 

I have addressed this too.



However i am not worried about the bots breaking, Never seen once break EVER but the flared end gets worn away from rubbing on the washer to where you can literally pull the bolt thru the washer (ask me how i know).

I encourage everyone to always check the condition of the bolts frequently.

 

I use those hairpins on farm equipment...but not on anything critical.

Another solution might be the ring pin type - thicker shaft and spring-loaded ring that flips over to secure.

Then again...the rest of our steering parts are held on with castle nuts and COTTER pins that aren't any more robust than a good hairpin.