off-roader
Expedition Leader
Drew Persson of Persson Off Road made rear antisway bar disconnects. He's no longer in business. (this was back in the mid-late 90's).
I was his first customer for this product. I used to have pics of the mod. It was very easy to install in back (10 minutes tops) and worked fine until you started articulating the tires. Lasted me a few trips but eventually the bar's ends caught on a rock, which twisted the bar bending them outwards. The outwards bend hit my rear tires (both sides) slightly unseating them. I had to remove the bar on the trail before I could move forward. When the tires unseated, dirt got into the bead and I had to keep refilling both tires numerous times until I got off the trail and to a tire shop. This luckily occured in Moab. If I was somewhere more remote I would have had to unseat, clean the bead and reseat the tires on the trail.
For the front, MisterBishi (Frank) in Australia made a disconnect system that split the bar in the middle and allowed it to either be locked or unlocked. It worked by cutting the bar in the middle and allowing you to lock or unlock the bar ends from swaying independently. It's a relatively complex system. Difficult to manufacture. And expensive (several hundred). In the end, he dropped the idea due to the cost to manufacture and the limited market volume.
For all the various options in order to reconnect the bars you have to be on level ground or it will be very difficult if not impossible to reconnect it.
Would I buy a set today if one existed.
For the rear, no. With the design of our rear bar, it's simply way too likely to suffer the same damage to the rear end.
For the front, maybe depending on the cost and difficult to install.
HTH.
