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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
New YJ owner - basic maintenance question
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 441664" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>In stock form, I still need to test it out. I haven’t driven mine without track bars at stock height. When lifted, I found that ditching the front made the handling pretty undesirable (to me). I do agree that in general, leaf springs don’t usually have them but then again, leaf springs are usually in the front. CJs didn’t have them but they had a different steering design, essentially crossover so I usually nitpick when people reference those. </p><p></p><p>Once I’m on the road I’m going to try mine with and without TBs to see how I like it. Definitely agree to keep the sway bar and if needing the ability to unhook, get some disconnects. With lift, the track bars aren’t desirable because of the binding but I didn’t like the handling change….so 6 of 1, half dozen of the other. Annoying pros and cons.</p><p></p><p>I will say, when I jack up the jeep on stands and mess with the axle, there is a decent amount of articulation with the track bars still attached. They do move in an arc compared to the leaf springs but it’s very minimal. Of course, that gets a lot worse with lift too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 441664, member: 18789"] In stock form, I still need to test it out. I haven’t driven mine without track bars at stock height. When lifted, I found that ditching the front made the handling pretty undesirable (to me). I do agree that in general, leaf springs don’t usually have them but then again, leaf springs are usually in the front. CJs didn’t have them but they had a different steering design, essentially crossover so I usually nitpick when people reference those. Once I’m on the road I’m going to try mine with and without TBs to see how I like it. Definitely agree to keep the sway bar and if needing the ability to unhook, get some disconnects. With lift, the track bars aren’t desirable because of the binding but I didn’t like the handling change….so 6 of 1, half dozen of the other. Annoying pros and cons. I will say, when I jack up the jeep on stands and mess with the axle, there is a decent amount of articulation with the track bars still attached. They do move in an arc compared to the leaf springs but it’s very minimal. Of course, that gets a lot worse with lift too. [/QUOTE]
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