Drahcir495

I drove it to work today and caught myself leaning into the turns while the MJ tacked a straight line :yes: . Simply awesome . Now that I have my Dial Calipers, I am going to keep an eye out for this 28mm bar in the salvage yards.

That is a small car to get into an accident with :eek: . Hope your ok - Rich

What is wrong with people :fs1: . I am glad your ok. That is a Purdy MJ by the way. It doesn't look like much damage was done. And you still got your wheels - priceless!

:cheers: Don - I wanted this done after I got home, so I could not get there in time. After visiting four unique auto parts places, I still did not have the appropriate sway bar bushing. I decided to stick with the Moog 26mm (25.5mm actual) bushing out of frustration. On a side note; I had put off cutting down the sway bar disco’s until tonight too. They were at the maximum collapsed length. When I add the longer JKS sway bar mounts to clear the steering, they were a bit on the long side -> Took a half inch of each side of the threaded rod -> After the bushings and the shortened Disco’s -> Before attempting this upgrade I had the stock sway bar with brand new poly bushings and the jeep drove very nice with those. After I swapped out the new bushings and took the jeep around the block all I can say is DAYEM! It is amazing what this simple upgrade has done. I will post up how it performs on the interstate tomorrow.

Going to get Irish tonight. Should end up calling in sick with the Irish flu tomorrow. Have fun Y'all and be safe

Fixed it :jump:

As evidenced by the picture of your face in your avatar. :yes: Did I just go there? Yup, I think I did. :doh: Great :shake: , another awesome thread shut down by Cream of Meat :rotf:

It's all down hill after 30 :grrrr: . I have to stick to the "26mm" Moogs. Four places could not help me get a true 26mm, or a 27mm :wall:

:rotf: OMG is that funny!

Got a set of 26mm Moog from Advanced and they don't close completely around the bar when installed < 1/4" gap. Is this normal, or should it close up? Took it off and it says 25.5mm on the inside - wtf :fs1: ? I bet the 27mm is really a 26.5mm. I am going to see if they have 27mm at another parts store and if they don't, it will be close enough.

:clapping: Some of my favorites - Donkey Schlong & Famous Anus :rotfl2:

WTH, I even posted a comment there :hmm: :dunce: . I don't remember doing it? So you had 27mm - oops. I will see if the 26mm works and swap out if need be.

I came back with Lips for my real name too. Since you called "Lips" first, I will stick to Stroker :brows:

I just picked one up. I have diameters of 25.84 - 26.18mm at various locations. The guy at Napa, using his caliper, confirmed the 26mm. I am ordering the 26mm Moog bushings, so I will let you know how it works out. Anyone else get a different measurement?

I love this upgrade too :cheers: . Where did you get the front top bump stop?

I came across this site; http://www.prisonbitchname.com/ :yes: . I punched in Drahcir 495 and came up with "Stroker" :rotf: . I had to share and let "Cream of Meat" {aka Wahoo Steeler} know what time it is in Da Big House!

Well I am glad you brought it up again, because I missed all the other discussions :cheers:

I never used anything when I upgraded to the the newer style door seals. HTH Rich

My 2 year old has a cold,,, so if anyone needs some baby snot just let me know.. :teehee: I just threw up in my mouth :ack: .

Great progress - keep it up. :cheers: I have got to say you have the best build title. Bumped Wrenches Gone Wild down to second place. I might be the only sick one on here, but I never read it as Operation: Daily Driver :nuts: . Catches me off guard to often

I know that Lead-not-follow had installed an aftermarket sway bar and raved about it. I will have to check out Gob's thread again. It has honestly improved and I am shocked. I can confidently tell you to go for it :thumbsup: . Been driving around all day with a smile on my face. I am now off to Northern Tools to pick up a cheap micrometer to get the exact bar size.

I picked up a front sway bar of a 97 GC with the V8 for $10. I didn’t know how much of a difference it would possibly make, but for the price I couldn’t lose. The V8 bar is over an inch thick, so I picked up some new Moog bushings to go with the freshly painted (possible) upgrade. The V8 Grand Cherokee sway bar & Moog bushings -> The factory sway bar is on the bottom -> Swapping the RE disconnects over to the thicker GC sway bar -> Well it turned out that the bushings were to darn big; 1 1/8th = 28.5mm. I had both an Autistic Zone & a Napa guy tell me just to cut them a little to allow them to crush down more. I knew that did not sound right, but I did it any way. Of course it won’t work! The outside of the bushing never changes, just the inner diameter increases or decrease in size. I knew better, I really did. I installed it just to confirm that it could never crush down on the bar. I ended up using the old bushings for now. I think it is going to need a 26 or 27mm bushing. Got it all hooked back up, cursing myself for not leaving it alone. You know what, I think even with the old bushings it has improved! The steering is more responsive and it has slightly reduced the body roll. I am very surprised that it made any difference, but it did. I will update this after I get the new bushings in. For more information on this upgrade, check out goblazers_6 DIY on his V8 sway bar swap here -> viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11980 :thumbsup: .

:rotfl2:

All 18 pages . I really like the white block. Any updates on your overhead console? The interior is just incredible looking - very nice work. :cheers: - Rich