Jeep Wrangler Antirock Swaybars
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2019
- www.rockjock4x4.com
Well now that I’m getting around to posting this video, I’m already out west!!! I just finished up a 2300 mile drive, and I am highly impressed so far! Next week I will testing them Offroad, stay tuned for an entire suspension review video!
In this video, I install both front and rear Rockjock antirocks onto my Jeep Wrangler JKU. Formerly known as Currie antirocks (discussed in the video).
The idea of antirocks is simple, it’s a sway bar that is bendable enough for Offroad use while still retaining good on road handling. Now, when paired front and rear, they are designed to work together to offer great handling Offroad while still offering flex but keeping the body roll to a minimum.
So why did I go with antirocks? There are a lot of other Offroad sway bars,
I wanted something I never have to disconnect, I also want more stability Offroad compared to an unhooked swaybar (more about this in a future video)
Plus, most other companies don’t design the sway bars to work with a frame chop front bumper.
This wraps up my project list for the powerstop trail to sema! So let’s get to wheeling!!
Thanks for watching!
-Ben
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Best way to end Monday by watching a new jk gear and gadgets video
TJ Piñata definitely makes the day better
@@Whiteandsonsgarage doesn't even feel like a Monday anymore 😉
The more videos I try to make, the more I appreciate how informative and great your videos are man. Nice job as always
Best part of any day yours is practically set how I want mine to be would love to see a full review of the interior upgrades you've done
Appreciate all your videos. Used this video today to help me through the install of my front antirock sway bar today.
Ive been running these for around 4 years, have never had a problem with them on or off road. A real great product.
I wouldn’t worry about making boring videos. You have the perfect mix right now of action and knowledge, don’t change a thing with the vids! Have fun out west, should be one hell of a trip!
I agree! Perfect balance for entertainment! Trying to strive for that on my own channel.
Can't wait to see how these work out for you, I've been debating on these for months
Highly suggest! I have been running it for a little while now, even just did a comparison side by side on same obstacles video for my channel. If you have any doubts, just go for it! Made my decision after watching this channel. Love this channel!
Good luck at Trail to SEMA ....sounds like quite an opportunity & trip of a lifetime! Safe travels
Awesome video Ben! Keep up the great work!!!!
Great videos as always can't wait to see how the trip is ,have fun be safe
Great stuff ,very informative and welcome to Arizona!!
Awesome video!! Can’t wait for your trip!!
Can’t wait for the trail!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Just coming upon your channel and your wife's channel now, I'm loving both! RockJock is actually a separate company from Currie, but it only had happened like a few weeks before you posted this video. My understanding is that splitting the company in two made the most sense as the third generation prepared to take over from John (who took RockJock) and Ray and Charlie (who kept Currie). I'm looking forward to catching up on more of your videos, cheers!
Oh man. I didn't not know they actually separated. I'm actually doing an install video as well for my channel. Thats good to know!
thank you for pointing out the rear bolt size for attaching and also the info on relocating the rear i have same issue , rear axle is shifted back. will be installing mine tomorrow but doing raptor series brand.
Love you guys!! You are the real deal!! Fun to follow!! 👍🏻👍🏻
I really enjoy your videos! I've got a 16 Sport that I'm starting on and discovered the channel while looking at diff options. Thanks for all the info!
Need to be careful! This channel is feeding my upgrade addiction! As well as my video posting addiction! Haha
But its a fantastic channel to watch!
I like all of the installbecause you are helping me figure out things that I'm planning on doing to my Jeep
You should do a video on what you think are the most and least important upgrades and why. Thanx
Hey bro saw that you recently got Falcon Shocks! Congrats! 😁 Just an FYI. I highly recommend you also get a front shock relocation bracket. If you plan flexing on rocks that is. Without the bracket the shock body rubbs on the frame!
Rock On Bro!
cant wait to see this in action vro
Doing a comparison video on this. Also, posting up video of it in action tomorrow on my channel if you are interested
12:54 Pros and Cons
Looks good, I had to drill a new hole back 1.1/4” and new tab on axle
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 great video Ben !
Great video, but I’d like to see what the driver side anti-rock looks like when you are flexed at the end of your video
Great process! So with the new setup do we need to still relocate the brake lines? Thank you for sharing your review, informative!
Anti-rock.... I needed that at windrock Park this weekend in East Tennessee. I got a rock stuck in my brakes and it sounded like the axle had broken. 🤣 It was so bad the Jeep would not roll
I installed the rock-jocks, and just put 1400 miles on them...yah a little more body roll, but the fact that I don’t have to disco?!? Great piece of kit all the way, and the flex is pretty damn good too.
I agree with you completely on this! Can really see the difference in some of my videos I made. I'm super happy with the swap over!
Great video as always.
Loving these videos Ben! I remember in one of your previous videos you had a shot on the side of the body to show roll on the street fully disconnected, will you be taking any video of on street body roll for comparrison? I am close to pulling the trigger on Antirock myself that is the biggest concern for my daily driver jku. Great work!
Egsuav
@@dougmatlack147 ?
Doug Matlack why are you commenting random stuff on everyone's comments?
Looks good keep up the good work
Awesome video.i want to put at least one on my front of my 90 yj.i have a lot of body roll
EVO HD links. You can get them in various lengths. So you can get them a bit longer than what came with the Antirock. They are super beefy. I was surprised to find they actually reduced my body roll just a bit. FYI.
Nice video. I put synthetic grease in the ends and while I drove the torsion bar into the mounts. GREASE, GREASE GREASE!
I sprayed mine down with grease as well. Helped a lot to get the bushings in.
More gladiator videos coming soon? Would like to see how the articulation is with the leveling kit and 37s before you add a full lift!
Yes when i get back!
Curious to your experience with it... been planning out a 'new' build and some of the high clearance JL bumpers recommend replacing the sway bar to free up clearance from the rubi disconnect. Also I am lazy and hate disconnecting my sway bar every time I go out lol.
Were the same. Im lazy and dont want to get out to disconnect either so I just got one and its fantastic. I wouldnt worry about getting the rear since the stock rear swaybar is already skinny enough that it will pretty much hit full flex before a connected front will begin to flex in the slightest. Once the antirock is on, your handling will feel like driving an ice skate because the jeep likes to tip side to side while driving, although its so minimal, you barely notice it until you have to corner hard or hit something that bumps the jeep over at a good angle like a speed bump or curb or whatnot.
This is the best of no worlds. It's ok on road and ok off-road. I am surprised to see you running this. The quick release sway bars were better at stiffening on road. And better articulation off road.
It’s very nice Offroad during speeds more than crawling,
You both have good points. I would tend to agree with the aspect though that for crawling it is better to be completely disconnected. Problem is is that most of us crawl and then do a high-speed trail and then crawl again.
Nice install. What sliders are you running?
Great video is clear some of my question about Rubicon sway bar desconect
I had my rubicon disconnect fail as well. Did this upgrade and have been very happy about it. As you can see in some of my uploaded videos. And soon to be comparison vs disconnected, connected and the antirock on the same obstacles
Love them just did the front on my tj
BTW, Live in Phoenix. Have fun while you are here!
after washer needs a lock pin of some kind then allen nut. If washer was not round but sq & main metal component w/gearing had a sq opening to line up w/,then pin then nut is just a keeper.
Very nice! Good choice.
Have been running TeraFlex quick disconnects for a few years. We look at the Anti-Rock now and then but not sure it is a good mod for us. Will watch your next few off-road vids to get a better idea.
With the antirock, I no longer have to get out and disconnect and then have to figure out how to reconnect later down the trail. Ive seen some disconnects that the little ring used to pull the pin out will break and that pin gets stuck in there thus leaving you needing a new pin/ring/endlink (whatever you chose to do), unless you get pliers and yank it. On road, the stock front sway bar is nice over really bumpy, pothole covered roads, but i find the antirock is much smoother riding, especially when hitting speed bumps from an angle, going over the curb to enter a driveway (again, at an angle), and on uneven surfaces like little water drainages in parking lots and neighborhoods. I would recommend doing the front sway bar and keep the stock rear, considering how skinny the rear is and how easily it flexes already.
I would recommend getting them if you haven't already. I love mine a lot. Just did a comparison video that will be posting here in a couple of days.
To limit your droop, get some rock jock-straps... LOL
A Video which shows the flex with connected, fully disconnected and with the antirock would be cool to check how much flex you loose with the antirock
I'll be posting up a video of exactly that in a couple days on my channel
@@4WDTrek nice
Can't wait for trail to sema
Good video, thanks for explaining. Ohh as I side note I figured out my knocking sound I was getting in the rear if the jeep. You would never guess what it was?
What was it?
Now i wanna know too!
You can’t leave us hanging lol
@@JKGearandGadgets LoL sorry I got off the CPU right after I posted the comment. It was the body hitting the DV8 rear bumper on the passenger side. Guess when it was installed they mounted it too close to the body.
My passenger side quick disconnect won't clear the draglink, so I have to completely remove the link to disconnect. It gets old try to make sure it's the proper length every time. I'm thinking of getting an anti rock.
U need to make gear sway arm prt longer & hve 3 diff end holes to connect up adjustment & if u break it off at hole just use 1 or 2 nd hole. Your missing arm of triangle & bracket to frame that limits max travel b4 it went plumb & flipped over.
Cool video!
Want know about til light conversion from squer to round style like it I'm sure there's a DYI to installed pls let me know
So I am running into the same issue you had with the arms coming too far forward to where the rear axle sits. If I undermount like you did, everything lines up perfectly... Have you ever run into departure clearance issues yet running the rear flipped?
Great video
Did you do a video on your 8 bolt lug upgrade? If so, please show.
They are full one ton axles. I have a video series on them. Look at my playlists and find JK one ton swap
I looked at these. I went with ORO sway loc. give you the best of both worlds. On-road and Off-Road modes with a flip of a switch. Antirock is old technology
The Sway loc is great! But I’ve really like the Offroad performance with the antirock as it still offers some stability during Off camber situations
@@JKGearandGadgets So does Sway Loc. It is basically antirock with an on road mode. 😁
Ben are you running coil retainers and if so did you do a video on installing them?
I made a rear video a longgggg time ago
Great bumpers
I'm gonna need PowerStop to pair up with the channel and drop that discount code like asap before I replace my pads.
I will ask! Lol
Awesome video mate, I’ve been thinking about doing this on my tj for a couple months now, but don’t know if it’s worth it
its worth it with the TJ because you have two or three other holes drilled in the arm and you can move the end link to tighten up or loosen the overall ride quality. When an antirock is installed, its like driving an ice skate, imagine how the skate sits in one spot while the shoe (or body) tips side to side. This body roll really isnt that noticeable and if it does seem like too much, just tighten it up by moving the end link. The front sway bar from factory is really thick while the rear is quite thin so you can do like me and just get the front and call it a day.
SpelWurdsRite thank you for the tip mate, I might have a better look into it
Trying to decide. I got a new jeep but don’t want to let the tires and suspension go to waste by replacing it. Is that a valid reason not to upgrade? Maybe lighting first?
I've had my jeep for about a year and just now looking into upgrades. It's really tempting to go all out right from the start but I enjoyed getting out and wheeling stock, it's made me focus on picking lines and now I know exactly what I need to upgrade for what I want to do
Will it work on a 1983 CJ7 and what is my benefits and cons
Did they make any noise after install? I got a set of disconnects and they are noisey. Looking into the antirock
What are those front grill turn signal lights? I Need them
There is a video out there that if you don’t run a rear sway bar you get so much flex that you can’t drive it and you lower your score on a rti ramp
@jkgearandgadgets did you install either of the RockJock Antirock sway bars on your gladiator? I'm really interested in installing both the front and rear on my JT and was wondering if you did and could offer any feedback. Thanks.
I have not yet. I would like to do the rear, it looks very interesting for our JTs
What lights did you use in place of the turn signals under the headlights?
My Jeep has a 6inch lift. My only concern is the rear. It’s stock. The og sway bar isn’t even adjusted right and it looks like a twig ready to snap. Will this product that you installed help with onroad body sway?
Your Jeep is a 2010, right? So how may years did you get out of the OEM electronic sway bar before swapping? Seems I've read the OEMs have a much shorter lifespan than 9 years. Thanks!
Great video btw (as usual).
It lasted about 6-7 Years
@@JKGearandGadgets Thanks man! Look forward to the next video.
The ball joint threaded rod req & left thread I would make 2 rods not 1 rod. Allowing the two rods to work together but not straight line over top & bottom but offset 3/4" between ball joint connections. U will basically hve a empty bottom & empty top end of double threaded rod assemply. 2 rods working together but not straight over 1 another & 1/4-1/2 of built in flex + offset between bars. If 1 breaks u hve empty ends top & bottom or u could double link is running ski course,phat chance at track oval.
Give it a week or more of having the antirocks and youll notice they start to feel way more loose and youll get more body roll. I thought mine were sturdy as heck and could flex like crazy and then become rigid again and keep me stable but not too long later I had a ton of body roll and everything felt really loose. Just the nature of the antirocks
SpelWurdsRite that’s very interesting, would you still recommend buying it?
CHEAP JEEPER yes
I havent had that feeling of them getting loose on me. I'm pushing 2,000 miles since install and they feel the same as the day I installed them. Just did a comparison video of them this last weekend that I will be posting up in a couple of days
Safe travels
My freind what brend and model of BUMPER did you have on it in the red Jku ? thay looks Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
It is from 7slotcustoms!
Would the anti rock rear work well with the pro sway loc front?
Nice!!
What did you do with the Swaybar disconnect button inside the jeep? Is there a way to use it as an auxiliary button instead?
It runs to the computer so you can’t really do anything with it
Oh bummer
Who makes that rear bumper??
You should get limiting straps
Hit us up in AZ. Would love to check out the rig. Provided you have time.
Since this is a jeep community i have a question. So i disconnected my front sway bar disconnects for the first time this weekend and now my alignments off, could that be from me disconnecting the sway bar? I have a jeep xj with a 4.5in rc lift
No, that is unrelated. You just need to adjust your draglink to center the steering wheel. It might be a good time to upgrade your steering
@@JKGearandGadgets I've been doing some research and cant find anything about my problem. but another question i have is if i adjust my drag link will that adjust my steering wheel and whether my jeep drives straight? because my steering wheel is tilted a couple degrees to the left and the vehicle pulls to the left and if it's a simple fix i dont see any point in taking it to the shop.
Andrew Holland yes it’s an easy fix to recently your steering wheel. But you need to make sure you didn’t bend your tie rod
What settings do you run for your Falcon Shocks in regards to "daily driving/highway"?
I run on the road with them at 2.6
Please, can you tell me if this AntiRock Kit works with Wrangler 2014 JKU with 2.5" ARB OME LIFT kit ? Do you think it is worth it for a low lift 2.5 ?
It will be close, but I have mine on a 3.5" lift and it isn't quite fully shortened. So I would think that a 2.5" lift would be capable of running this antirock
So if I am looking at a new jeep, with this setup I don't need to buy the Rubicon...I could buy a less expensive model, right?
The rubicon does have other great features other than the sway bar disconnect. Transfer case and axles are another big plus to the rubicon
I have an issue; I plan to contact [them] Monday, but I have my RockJock Anti's installed, whet to Rausch yesterday, and lo and behold I have way lesser articulation than when I had the JKS Quicker disco's (taking them both off). The people I wheeled with also heard "binding" noises when I was on newbie Trail 11 🤷🏼♂️ There's no way I can do Blues and Blacks at this point. What could be wrong? I currently have an AEV 4" lift on 37's, and had full articulation on prior outings.
How much lift do you have? you need to make sure the links are long enough
@@JKGearandGadgets AEV 4.5"
@@JKGearandGadgets Thanks for your help - Turns out, its hard to troubleshoot issues while inside your own Jeep. Turns out I needed some rear bump stop tweaking; the noise was the rear tires rubbing on the frame while flexed.
@@ifp123 this is very good to know. I was wondering the same things for mine. I think I'm having the same issues with mine. Good to know for my own install and review video. So thanks!
What inner fender are those I have the same shock and looking for something
They are from Hyline Offroad, great product. I have a video of the install
Need to build a flex ramp for the videos
I think ur go pro did pretty well
Would you recommend the currie anti rock over the G2 CORE Dual Rate Sway Bar Systems?
I do not have experience with the G2 system, but I do have a front aluminum antirock and I love it. Driving over a really bumpy, cracked paved road is terrifying from how much the jeep likes to jump around and lean side to side but uneven roads and bumps hit at an angle (from the side) are buttery smooth and you barely even notice they're there. The easiest way to imagine the handling characteristics of a vehicle with an antirock is to think of an ice skate and how the shoe can lean side to side with the skate staying in the middle. The only time you notice having an antirock on road is over really bumpy surfaces that cause the body to start to lean various directions and when cornering hard, but its a jeep, how often will you be cornering hard?
@@spelwurdsrite3422 That is with or without the anitrock right?
Danky that’s with the curry antirock in aluminum.
@@spelwurdsrite3422 Yikes!
what do you do with the factory wire connector on the Rubicon?
Tied it out of the way and turned the sway bar off with JScan app
some body may have asked and I am a novice so are fenders plastic?
Yes these are MCE narrow flares. Plastic and flexible, also very lightweight compared to steel
What is all that oil an grime on the factory sway bar
For mine, doing the installation video editing, I noticed a lot of grime and what nots as well. I believe it was the grease on the inside of the disconnect motor. When going through water, the system doesn't seem to be fully sealed. So it mixes a bit and pulls out the grease and some grime along with it. Might be time for the upgrade if you are seeing it.
16:25 you have any rubbing on those flares?
Nope! Bumpstops are set and they clear
Curious if you're still running that rear under the frame or if that became a issue?
Still running it under the frame. I’ll switch sometime, but it hasn’t caused any issues
@@JKGearandGadgets thanks for the response. I'll be installing mine today and I'm theorizing I'll be running into some issues too. 1.5" rear stretch, d60 and 5.5" lift. Fingers crossed.
Oh and BTW, also a Red JKU! 😜😊
Surely having no sway bars is better for off road, comp rigs don't use sway bars and having said wouldn't it be a better idea to develop after market front AND rear sway bar disconnect?
Surprisingly it’s not, most comp rigs have anti rock style sway bars as well
@@JKGearandGadgets is that because they drive to the comp sites? Why I ask is as you know the reaction and operation of a sway bar when the axle articulates it wants to drag the other side to match the lowest wheel which the picks up the rear or the front whichever is the lowest. I've seen your rig going off road am quite impressed so I'm assuming the sway bars are not very stiff?
Do you know if they have this for a YJ wangler?
Yes
Where’d you get your front running lights/turn signals? @jkgearandgadgets
Why would Currie rename the AntiRock to RockJock ? RockJock sounds like a men’s jockstrap brand
Who made the side armor on the TJ?
Poison spyder
How do you like them at highway speeds?
I have noticed at highways speeds that it is EVER SO SLIGHTLY different feeling. But not enough to make a difference that I notice now. It just feels normal and easy to me now. Highly recommend
Your tags say Alaska so where are you going that’s 2000 miles to the west? I know I’m missing something here.
I’m living in VA now haha
He's wheeling in Siberia
😂😂😂😂😂😆