Who has gone ahead and taken the stabilizer bar off?

Well that took me 10 min. easy as eating apple pie. Thanks for the tip and i will know what a difference it makes when we get to the white knuckle event.

Dreth wrote:

Well that took me 10 min. easy as eating apple pie. Thanks for the tip and i will know what a difference it makes when we get to the white knuckle event.

Yep its quick and easy, you will love the results!

It is off. I can feel the body roll driving it down the street. However, it does not feel like it will be a problem. I will try it out tomorrow.

Big-R wrote:

I have not done it yet. However, it will be off for my next ride.

Dam Right it will , Cause i will have wrenches with me.
and if you dont take it off. I am going to do a little midnight
Rhino work , and take it off myself. ...
This should of been done months ago.

Chris....

ChrisC wrote:

Big-R wrote:

I have not done it yet. However, it will be off for my next ride.

Dam Right it will , Cause i will have wrenches with me.
and if you dont take it off. I am going to do a little midnight
Rhino work , and take it off myself. ...
This should of been done months ago.

Chris....

I wish I did it about 1800 miles ago.......

Big-R wrote:

I wish I did it about 1800 miles ago.......

I tried to tell you.
Next time pay attention....

This is a post from one of our new members. I copied it from RF.net. I thought it summed the whole sway bar thing up real nice.........

KentT wrote:

First of all, I'm a noob, and don't pretend to be an expert... that said, I just removed both couplers on my swaybar, disabling it, but leaving it in place should I want to reconnect it (disconnecting one end would've sufficed, but I wanted to rotate it up out of the way, and tie it up). Then I also cranked the preload up on my stock shocks two notches, front and rear. Note also that I'm running 5+2 offset, with 1" spacers on the front and 2" on the rear.

I just did 16 miles yesterday, on a combination of very tight/twisty ATV trails through the woods, old jeep and logging trails eroded down to boulders especially on the slopes, some dirt roads where we could get up to 20+ MPH, and some bog/mud plus a couple of stream crossings (18" - 24" of water). Throw in a couple of sandpits, stretches of "whoops" where if you didn't get the speed just right, the Rhino would buck as it hit and climbed the next upslope, and short stretches of paved country roads (30+ MPH) to connect the trails. IMO, the Rhino handles much better overall. It does have more body lean -- but with this stance not a whole lot more. What is most noticable are two things:

1. At speed in trail riding, it handles things like ruts and rocks in the trail much, much better. Instead of the whole rear of machine going up in the air and then dropping back down with a "wham", the single wheel that meets the obstacle goes us and over while the other remains planted to the ground. Much, much smoother ride and much more control over the machine since the rear end isn't bouncing and scooting around with one wheel totally up in the air much of the time.

2. It handles slow speed crawls better also, even in off camber situations, since all four wheels remain on the ground a whole lot more of the time. In addition to eliminating the motion described above, no longer are you lifting one front wheel off the ground when climbing over something, because both rear wheels are down (due to center of gravity) and tied together by the swaybar -- then the whole front comes "crashing down" as you get to the point where the center of gravity shifts toward the front and the "see-saw" teeters to the other end. That whole see-sawing motion is eliminated, and replaced by some side-to-side shifting as you crawl over things with all four wheels in contact almost all the time.

I don't think removing the swaybar adds to high-speed stability, especially on smooth surfaces. However, IMO it makes the machine feel more controllable at all speeds. You can better sense when to slow down, when to take another line in off-camber situation, etc.

Your mileage may vary, based upon your machine, the type of riding you do, and your personal preferences...

HTH...

Good writeup! Sounds fair to me.

Aw shucks...

DirtDawber wrote:

Good writeup! Sounds fair to me.

X2.

yep good post, definitley need to bump my shock settings back

Took mine off several months ago an it is a great thing to do, We ride in the moutains all the time a the you would not believe the difference it has made in the ride quality, as far as the mud dont think you would ever tell a difference turned the shock adjustment up 2 notches front an rear. I try to stay out of the mud to ruff on parts. Hope that helps.

Everyone likes the swaybar off.
it is a great free mod.
Mine has been off since the 4th day i had it.....

ChrisC wrote:

Everyone likes the swaybar off.
it is a great free mod.
Mine has been off since the 4th day i had it.....

-1

nocerisdave wrote:

ChrisC wrote:

Everyone likes the swaybar off.
it is a great free mod.
Mine has been off since the 4th day i had it.....

-1

Give it time Dave. It's different no doubt, but with time I bet you even like it better while racing. More bite and less slide.

Took mine off today,can,t believe the difference.....it will never be put back on...the ride is great

I know that this is for the Rhino's......but I took mine off....what a difference!!