I am a proud owner of a 2003 sportsman. I would like to
know the negatives to removing the swaybar. I spend
most of the time in low gear on rough muddy terrain
in the hills and mountains of N. Georgia. 5 to 10 mph is an
average speed. High speed cornering is out of the question.
Will I damage any rear end components with the swaybar
removed?

 

Congratulations
Negitaves=High speed cornering will roll ya.
But since thats not an issue with ya,ya wont have a problem.
I saw one guy made up a quick connect for it.............Nice.
Gives ya something like 4-6 more inches of travel.

 

A qiuck connect system would be ideal. But with 4-6 more inches of travel, how do you keep the axles in the case?

 

I would guess the control arms[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]???
A guy was selling them for around $50.
It was a nice set-up.
I wonder if evreyone kept pulling there axles out and he went under already??

 

I agree with 500DUSE - no problem operating with the sway bar removed. Don't worry about your axials. This gives you a smoother ride and better stability at low speeds. But at high speeds you must be extemely careful!

500DUSE

Where do you get the extra 4-6 inches of travel? Given a normal rear suspension travel of about 9 inches, then each wheel would travel up to 14 inches?!! This seems to exceed the compression distance of both the spring and the shock! Explain.

 

take a look
What do you figure it is
Also it was a $100

 

Yes, but of course!

The total travel of each wheel doesn't increase. But the independant movement of each wheel is improved by at least 4-6 inches in extreme situations. Your picture clearly shows the advantage of removing the sway bar.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Nice set-up for rock crawlers. A very similar kit has been made in the past for Jeep YJ's. You're right, ebel, the overall travel doesn't increase but you do get full suspension articulation in opposite directions.

 

Yeah thats a rock climbing machine

The guy who came up with the quick connect was told to
Keep his mouth shut until he got a patent on it,
before Polaris or some other company did.
He said he was taking care of it.
Havent heard from him since?
I did see one on E-bay about a month ago.