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whtrapta

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I highly recommend at least trying it. 2 nuts to take a link out and give it a shot. The truck is so wide that body roll is controlled. Bumps and humps in the road are much more controlled with the ability of the front suspension to actually work independently.
 

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No sway here and I like it I like the body roll as well .. when I went and got new rim/tire combo it reacted different the stocks
 
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Update to my original post, after driving the truck around the last few days under normal driving conditions, I can literally not tell that the sway bar is disconnected, the truck is just as composed as stock and doesn't roll any more than when I had the sway bar connected, the only time I noticed any more than usual body roll is during high speed on road cornering, I also took the truck out in the el Dorado national forest, and the truck was much more composed than stock, it wasn't getting upset by every little bump in the road and it handled getting sideways just as well as stock if not better in the dirt due to the ability of the front end to smooth over some of the bumps that would've upset the drift with the sway bar on, I have not gotten the truck sideways on pavement yet since I took the sway bar off, but I will let you guys know what I think of the difference once I do

One last thing, I do not condone taking your sway bar off and going out on full attack without learning the truck again, I talk about me going in balls to the walls because that's where it really matters, whether it improves or reduces the maximum abilities of the truck in these conditions, but I did not just take the sway bar off and put my foot to the floor and keep it there while I tested out the new setup, I relearned my truck again before I really pushed the limits of what it can now do, I would advise all others to do the same

To ktm505sx I am running the full factory 44 psi right now
 

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slightly off topic

Update to my original post, after driving the truck
One last thing, I do not condone taking your sway bar off and going out on full attack without learning the truck again, I talk about me going in balls to the walls because that's where it really matters, whether it improves or reduces the maximum abilities of the truck in these conditions, but I did not just take the sway bar off and put my foot to the floor and keep it there while I tested out the new setup, I relearned my truck again before I really pushed the limits of what it can now do, I would advise all others to do the same

To ktm505sx I am running the full factory 44 psi right now

at what pressure does the low pressure warning for tire psi kick in.

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how does your truck ride without sway bar on broken pavement ?
 
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the low pressure warning, I swear it comes on at like 43 psi, but it's probably more like 40, and what do you mean by broken pavement? I only really ever encounter potholes, and that's out in the middle of the national forest, so today was the first time I've encountered them with the sway bar off, and the front end of the truck smoothed over some mean potholes, just not the 4 foot diameter by foot and a half deep ones, although it still handled that one pretty well in my opinion, the rear end is not gonna smooth over those very well, although it did kinda feel like it was working a little better on some of the larger ones since it wasn't fighting with the front end as much
 

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Hey thanks for the info, i m planning to go mid perch and SBO on my first days with the truck
 

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i want a quick disconnect so i can have the best of both worlds. been talking to a few vendors and they are looking into it.
 

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Just my 2 cents my sway bar link came undone and I didn't even notice until I was rotating tires
 

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