what to remove off-road
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For starters that will work fine. Then after you do that a few times you will end up dumping thousands of dollors into you Jeep for a bigger lift, bigger tires, bigger power, lockers and so forth. For now dicos and Airing down will greatly improve off-roadability. If you have stock size tires 18 is probably pretty good. If they are bigger you can go down more. I usually go to 12-15 with 32" tires.
88Wrangles
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I was just wondering, which allows there to be more articulation: removing rear trac-bar or removing front sway bar (this is on a YJ)
Well I finally got my 3.5" lift on a month ago, so Im running with that and 32" Dunlop mud rovers (I need to post some pics!) I took it off road with about 24 psi and it performed a lot better than street pressure. The front sway bars are also off at the moment. Going out tomorow morning to find somewhere to play here in Orlando near UCF. jered
Bounty__Hunter
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Try taking off the rear track bar, it's not really needed on a YJ. It will increase articulation quite a bit. I also got rid of my front swaybar all together, but it's personal preference.
Jared,
if you went down to 24 psi how high is your street pressure? My dad runs 33" dunlops on his 7 and runs about 25 on the street and about 12-15 on the trail. after the last run we forgot to air up and ran for about a month on 12 psi. didn't notice any extra sidewall bulge. I would do the chalk test to see what pressure to run at it will probably by about 25. The # on the sidewall is only a max pressure not a must pressure. Some tire manufactures have a listing for pressure and carring weight for a tire size. Check with the dealer to see if they have one.
if you went down to 24 psi how high is your street pressure? My dad runs 33" dunlops on his 7 and runs about 25 on the street and about 12-15 on the trail. after the last run we forgot to air up and ran for about a month on 12 psi. didn't notice any extra sidewall bulge. I would do the chalk test to see what pressure to run at it will probably by about 25. The # on the sidewall is only a max pressure not a must pressure. Some tire manufactures have a listing for pressure and carring weight for a tire size. Check with the dealer to see if they have one.
graewulf
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i hear alot of people say they air down, so far with the exception of one snowy paragon run, i never air down and have no trouble with traction.. even at paragon.. the way i look at it, i'll air down when i hit an area that starts giving me trouble, even the sugar sand in the pines is fine aired up to 35psi... i can use the ground clearance and airing down just makes me sit lower.... sway bars are a good thing to disconnect though.....
redrooster
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I run 6 lbs with beadlocks to prevent the sidewall from rolling. Then drive it 5 miles on asphalt back to the trailer. No problems.
Without beadlocks you should comfortably run 12 lbs. Yes it does lower the vehicle, but the improved traction makes up for it.
BTW... Most people don't realize that the tires ar a big part of the suspension. If you air them down to the teens you will dramatically improve your off road ride quality and it can still be driven back to the nearest gas station to air up. They will also give a little when you hit those axle snapping rocks and absorb some of the shock.
Without beadlocks you should comfortably run 12 lbs. Yes it does lower the vehicle, but the improved traction makes up for it.
BTW... Most people don't realize that the tires ar a big part of the suspension. If you air them down to the teens you will dramatically improve your off road ride quality and it can still be driven back to the nearest gas station to air up. They will also give a little when you hit those axle snapping rocks and absorb some of the shock.
AZJEEP
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There is a difference between a track bar and a sway bar. A sway bar controls the jeeps rocking back and forth from side to side. A track bar,(panhard bar), keeps the axles centered side to side with the body, or vehicle center. Leaf springs are much stiffer laterally, (side to side), than a coil spring. So, colls need a tracking bar, and leafs do not.
Bounty__Hunter
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Correct. And you may have set a record for resurrecting an old post :lol: 01-23-2004, 03:33 PM
Utah_jeepster
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Holy necromancer, the dead live!
Red Rooster ,smutty ,joop....hey look bounty hunter is an old timer too.....
Red Rooster ,smutty ,joop....hey look bounty hunter is an old timer too.....
yjhillbilly
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What about front track bar? Get rid of it? I
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