Story and photos by Albert Vandervelde
I’ve used torsion bar sway bars on a few of my builds in the past, and wanting to keep all of my suspension components matching, I went with Teraflex bars for the CJK8. Teraflex actually expands on the “twistable”-style swaybars by offering three versions of their sway bars. The Trail Rated, which is what I chose, has a single rate and is not disconnectable in any way. The centre bar twists with articulation, while providing side-hill stability, as the bar can’t bend in the middle. Typically, these types of sway bars offer better roll control, but are not as stiff as, say, a stock fixed sway bar.
The next Teraflex swaybar is called the Single Rate. It has a stiffer rate for street and fully disconnects with a knob on the end for trail use, to get maximum articulation off-road when disconnected.
The third Teraflex swaybar is called the Dual Rate. It offers both of the features of the first two. Stiff street bar, then the next stage a softer trail-rated bar, then fully disconnected for full off-road articulation.
While having the disconnectable option would have given the CJK8 more suspension choices, as I am running very large tires and pushed the axle ahead two inches, I felt that the knob might get in the way of the tires. So, I stuck with a style I am used to and comfortable with, and along with that, I have triple-bypass Fox Shocks that are also adjustable, so plenty of suspension control already.