Swaybar options, Front or rear install, or both? long arms front, 4-link rear.

[Madgyver]

I am looking to install a swaybar to control some bodyroll but not until I go through all my shocks.
My question is do I install it up front or rear? what location will be most affective.
Long arms up front and 4-link rear.
This seems like a good option.. some modifications needed to fit this on an EB.

 

[Yeller]

Mad, I’d do the rear, it doesn’t remove the illusion of body roll like it does on the front, but the rear actually does more for overall stability. As a side benifit it doesn’t induce understeer in the rear. I personally would rather have a bit of oversteer than a bit of understeer.

Most modern vehicles of all types have a lot of understeer and it makes me crazy

 

[Madgyver]

After my 393Clevor install, I do notice more of the torque squat on passenger side as I accelerate..

 

[omureebe]

Not to hijack here.... but I have both Hellwig front and rear in my pile of "Need to install" parts. For a street driven vehicle, would it still be a preference to install the rear first (then check how it drives) or just do em both since they're in the pile?

 

[Yeller]

Rear first, then front or dive full in lol.

 

[Broncobowsher]

I would say rear with that 4-link back there.

I remember a few times taking off from a traffic light, in a spirited manor, in a left turn, where no amount of front sway bar would have done any good. The left front tire off the ground by a good amount, the front axle fairly parallel to the frame. The rear rather twisted up, stuffing that right rear a lot. Really could have used a rear sway bar to keep the front on the ground a little better. That was with leaf springs. 4-link typically flexes out even easier.

 

[Big Slim]

Yes! when you figure it out ill copy it. i keep eyeing these rock lock swaybars too. seems so easy to disengage. have you seen duffs version, more like the antirock bar. if you could find install info could copy that.
https://dufftuff.com/product/rear-sway-bar-for-duff-4-link-ford-9-1966-77-bronco/
not sure on broncos but on my old car i needed front and rear to dial in the handling how i wanted. if both front an rear adjustable will be able to set it up nice. and all new trucks have both.
Hellwigs seem too pricey for what they are.

 

[1969]

https://store.tk1racing.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=121-00

 

[Yeller]

I would not have any issues running the duff version or antirock. you will still have some on road body lean but it will be slower and more controlled. The side benefit is never having to disconnect it.

 

[nvrstuk]

... and never having to disconnect it is even less of a hassle as reconnecting it. Most of them are extremely hard to reconnect unless you are sitting level, I mean FLAT OUT LEVEL. you can stop on the road and think you're level enough and you're not.

Any others seen this or experienced it? Bouncing up and down on a rig with ORI's to try to get the anti-sway bar connected isn't as much fun as ya think.

 

[Yeller]

Reconnecting the sway bar sucks. The rock lock is about as easy as it gets though. Turn the dial and drive away, when it aligns it locks.

 

[nvrstuk]

That's what I've noticed and it looks like the way to go.