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Sway bars are not just for cornering at high speeds like a corvette.

The rear sway bar does little by itself when flexing, but on the street, flexing (if any) is not the only force or motion it will be subject to. You will also have fluctuations side to side, which the bar helps control or reduce their longevity in combination with the front. In other words, it does help if you need to swerve to evade someone or something at a speed.

There is a difference in dynamics between flexing axles against a rock or uneven terrain and having body roll on the road with both tires, or the axle for that matter, on the same plane.

Woot! Two ppl in this thread ride with no rear sway bar. Sorry spinlock. I'm taking mine off.

If so, be considerate with others and drive slower and softer. Also, if you ever get in an unstable situation with the jeep and end up either hitting something or someone, or, partially or fully rolling over, whether the rear sway bar would have made a difference or not, insurance wont be there for you if they notice no rear sway bar (which they most likely will), and chrysler will back them up.

If you want to disconnect it offroading, disconnect it. There is no need to remove it entirely... Just because you dont feel any difference driving to the supermarket without a rear sway bar, doesnt mean it wont play a part in the suspension setup.

 

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This myth is false. I challenge you to find the sway-bar condition in your insurance policy.

You dont need to challenge me, because I know there isnt one. Why? because insurance policies are not a detailed scheme of parts in a vehicle. In other words, you may not see a lug nut condition, or third brake light condition, or side mirror condition, or roll bar condition, or horn condition, or brake pad condition, or spare tire condition. Its more like, whether the vehicle has key modifications that go against manufacturer's safety parameters. Surely, a lift could be argued that it alters driveability. But for reasonable safety, removing stabilizing parts is, removing a brake pad is, running without headlights at night is, running without air bags is, running without seat belts. When they try to determine who is at fault or cause and how damages will be calculated, negligence is a key aspect. You don't need a specific sway bar condition to be at fault due to negligence. If x was caused by, or produced more damage due to y not being there, then, insurance can simply state a case where they dont have to absorb that liability, because it falls under the non-reasonable person standard. No reasonable person would remove a sway bar, brake pad or lights at night for road driving, or seat belts. At least not in the contiguous US. In the same way, you could argue against liability from a head injury on a rear end hit, causing someone to hit his head on the windshield, due to not wearing a seatbelt. Whether your policy covers stuff like that to you and from you, then that's another story, and no policy is equal. That is something you could in fact, find in your insurance documents.

But tell you what. Its your jeep, you already know the drawbacks and that some people run without it. You want to run without it, remove it. Everyone is happy.

 

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Insurance will pay even if you're driving drunk with two sway bars disconnected and one of the wheels removed.

Yes auto policies are pretty much standard.

Right... remove the damn thing and be done with it Mr. Walmart.