To Sway or not to Sway.........

[DooConvert]

I'm new to the deep stuff. This will be my second trip out and I just bought an 08 summit 800, 154. Couple things I'd like help on.

1-should I disconnect the sway bar?
2-does anyone have the quick disconnect kit and if so do they like it?

How much does this help?

Any other tips are appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[BullHead]

cut it out and throw it in the garbage, never look back, sway bars are useless in the mountain, much easyer to sidehill with out it, and way more control overall in the mountain

 

[aktreekiller]

yep

It will be so much easier to lay on her side if you disconnect them for sure. Just cut them and let them constantly bang around like we do. haha

 

[JET FUEL]

I like the swaybars in my sleds. If you can't carve and sidehill with one(especially in the new sleds).....well...what can I say.
It does make it easier but I think it makes the sled an unpredictable darty pos. plus it will be a pig on the trail, And I don't care who you are you still have to ride on a trail to get to the mountains.

The trade offs are not worth the effort.

 

[wasatchrider]

i liked it while it lasted. the threads take a lot of pressure if you hit hard bumps or jump. mine stripped off so mine are gone.

 

[neverenoughsnow]

swaybar

cut it out, throw it away, they just add weight. much easier to toss the sled around and i shaved off 6 lbs. on my sled.

 

[Sledbrain2]

If your into racing your buddies to see who can be the first to the next stop then keep it. If you are into MT riding, boondocking,hill climbing,ect. then get rid of it.

 

[highclimber]

I have the quick dis-connect, I think it's great to have the best of both worlds. Forget about all the talk about weight, you are carrying more weight for lunch than what the quick disconnect weighs.

 

[mitty26]

Take it off and use the 3/8 square stock to align your clutches lol.

 

[LRD]

A number of years ago when C&A skis was sponsoring a couple of snowcross racers they had fake sway bars in (bar cut in half with sleeve in the middle to hold it together).

The only time a sway bar helps is in flat smooth sweeping turns to prevent roll. When hitting real world bumps, one on left ski then another on the other ski, it will hurt handling.

Good Luck

 

[RXB-1]

I pulled it on my RMK and it worked great. Just pulled the one on the RX and one ride today it was well worth Not having one. Pull it and
But if you ride lots of trails you might want to keep it.

 

[Rprecision]

I’m sure different sleds will respond differently to removing the bar. While it was a improvement for one may not be for the other…..sort of thing.

I read all the don’t do it sort of things from problems with trail riding, Etc. I disconnected mine, rode it and liked what I felt. So I cut the rivets and pulled it out. I increased my shock preload a bit and was very happy with the results. I don’t do 65mph down a trail anyways and as long as you use caution in the corners, you should be fine.

 

[2004 SkidooSummit]

Well I took it off my rev and i can do 80Km down a trail easy... don't know what you guy's are talking about, Sway bar's are useless take em off....

 

[Flakey]

I rode with one on my REV for 2 years. One ride without and I liked it. Seems the sled responds to body language better. And makes the balance point bigger.

 

[kelwar]

i made my own swaybar quick disconnects and i went for my first ride with the swaybar on then i took it off half way through the day have not rode with them since and i can go 60 mph down the trail still just need to lean a little harder in the corners.

 

[TanyaMorgan]

My left sway bar got sheered off in my last boulder discovery. I plan on removing both of them now. We ride enough trails to get away from the tards and into the back country but the way I see it people need to slow the hell down on the trials anyways. Its going to be a bad day for the renter that comes flying around some corner and smacks into me. So I say cut them off!

Garet

 

[SPDFREEK]

Get rid of it....

If your trail is perfectly groomed all the time they're great...as soon as there are any woops they suck a$$. If you remove your sway bar and know how to ride you will kill your sway barred buddys on the trail(as long as they are not perfectly groomed trails...which they usually aren't). In the deep stuff a sway bar is useless..just extra weight. Take it off and try it with out it, in the deep and on the trail...remember on the trail it will take more body english to ride it but there is way more control riding that way anyway.

Have you seen any Snow Cross racers riding with sway bars???? I'd say they are fairly decent riders, would you??

Sway bars are for smooth groomed fast trails.

Later.
SPDFREEK

 

[mandingo]

I like the swaybars in my sleds. If you can't carve and sidehill with one(especially in the new sleds).....well...what can I say.
It does make it easier but I think it makes the sled an unpredictable darty pos. plus it will be a pig on the trail, And I don't care who you are you still have to ride on a trail to get to the mountains.

The trade offs are not worth the effort.

well said , if you're not man enough to pull the sled over mabey you should be sticking to the trail's , i'm thinking of takeing my seat off cause i don't use it in the hills , lol

 

[Griz]

I have the quick dis-connect, I think it's great to have the best of both worlds. Forget about all the talk about weight, you are carrying more weight for lunch than what the quick disconnect weighs.

x2. I'm 240 lbs and need the sway bar for the trail up and down. then disconnect for the hills.

 

[JET FUEL]

If your trail is perfectly groomed all the time they're great...as soon as there are any woops they suck a$$. If you remove your sway bar and know how to ride you will kill your sway barred buddys on the trail(as long as they are not perfectly groomed trails...which they usually aren't). In the deep stuff a sway bar is useless..just extra weight. Take it off and try it with out it, in the deep and on the trail...remember on the trail it will take more body english to ride it but there is way more control riding that way anyway.

Have you seen any Snow Cross racers riding with sway bars???? I'd say they are fairly decent riders, would you??

Sway bars are for smooth groomed fast trails.

Later.
SPDFREEK

Sno cross sleds have really stiff and heavy springs,thats why they don't have sway bars, I know i have one,The springs are at least twice the thickness of the mountain sled shocks(air shocks excluded)
Sway bars are a compromise between having really stiff and heavy spring and a mushy ill handling pos. If you wanted to do it right you would change the valving and spring rates to compensate for the removal, imo its a waste of money unless you are racing and want or need that extra edge.
They are not just for groomed trails. they work well in all conditions, yes even the mountains.

To each their own but do a search in the polaris forum for the guy that removed the one off his dragon and quickly replaced it because it was an ill handling machine.

I guess the best advise would be to gently remove it so that you could put it back if you didn't like it.