FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Swaybar Disconnects, check it!!!

Thanks to 2007fj for allowing me to follow along the progress of this project and letting me be the first to get this disco (besides him and his brother). The workmanship and attention to detail is very obvious once you get one of these bad boys. He's a certified welder and is a welding inspector by trade, so he knows his stuff. Anyway, here's the write up...it's real quick since it doesn't take much time to disconnect it.

He's gone through a couple iterations, a two-side disco and a single side disco. He ended up settling on a single side for simplicity reasons. But I'll let him chime in or you can PM him for more info. It disconnects on the driver side.

First, remove two 3/4" bolts (torqued at 85 lbs.)

Second, swing away the disconnected part.

Third, remove pin at the link.

Fourth...you're now disconnected, lol

The other side of the sway bar has a heavy duty greasable link

Any technical questions about the welding methods and/or price, I'll have to defer to 2007fj.

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on May 17, 2009 at 7:26pm

Very cool.
Looking forward to the production run.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on May 17, 2009 at 7:28pm

WOW that is Very nice !! I Like how both sides get something. I really like the grease-able link on the Pass side..

Man this is great that we have people Fabbin stuff up around here.. Put me down for a set..

Now I need to find my ICON set up cheap.....

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Permalink Reply by daPitbull on May 17, 2009 at 9:10pm

I totally forgot to show you guys at the install day, lol.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on May 17, 2009 at 9:20pm

Yeah I was wondering when you put those on......

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on May 18, 2009 at 12:35am

looking forward to seeing your setup at the All-Cal meet!

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on May 18, 2009 at 7:53am

Nice write up Ray.
Thanks

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on May 21, 2009 at 2:25am

i got the full-on demo this afternoon. very impressed! i will have a display version available for viewing at the All-Cal Meet.

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on May 21, 2009 at 8:53pm

Question. The FJ is all metric, why use non-metric bolts for this?

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on May 21, 2009 at 11:20pm

All the bolts are zinc plated grade 10.9 metric.Studs are also high stregnth metric ??

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on May 22, 2009 at 12:09am

well, daPitbull mentioned "First, remove two 3/4" bolts (torqued at 85 lbs.)"

another question: I've seen that stainless steel hardware is often less expensive than zinc (if you don't believe me go to Belmont Hardware or similar). Where's the trick? Is zinc plated stronger or something?

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Permalink Reply by 2007fj on May 22, 2009 at 9:03am

Ah. The nuts are 19mm or 3/4 standard.As far as stainless versus zinc goes.The zinc or zinc chromuim is a chemical bath the bolts go through for rust protection.What your really paying for is the grade of hardware.Hight stregnth hardware is more expensive and stronger than SS,