Rear anti-roll bar inverted...help!

[Iain C]

Hmmm, with even the very mild off roading I've done since going up 2" and fitting the 265s, I seem to have inverted the rear anti-roll bar on the nearside.  And that's with my articulation being a bit limited by my standard (at the moment!) rear arches!

How do I put it back where it should be?  Or do I just take it off (bear in mind it does get a fair bit of road use so I don't want to make the handling worse still!)  Or is there some kind of checkstrap available to keep the thing under manners?  Will I damage anything if I drive it round like this for a bit?

Thanks!

[thermidorthelobster]

It might rub against the mounts a bit but it shouldn't do any harm.  IIRC you can get spacers which help stop this happening.

[chris9119]

Take them off......, you won't see a lot of difference in its on raod performance....

Chris

[driftwood]

Take them off......
Chris

i agree, mine kept inverting. not anymore..... :)

[gtomo2]

yea took mine off as well and it made on real differance in road handling

[Budgie]

If you want to keep them on then you need to space the chassis connection with a 2" spacer. The solid alloy tow hitch spacers work nicely for this as the holes are the right distance to take the bolts on the ARB.  

[Iain C]

Cheers all!

Budgie, how does that work then?  Any pics or further info?

[bilge rat]

took mine off too, not  a great deal off difference in road manners. me 200 didnt even have them from std. cheers alan.....

[chris.hunt22]

I spaced mine down with a bit of 2" box section, I have kept a keen eye on it for trying to buckle but it has been fine, if they are inverted when you undo the bolts keep your body behind the tyre, the bolts fly off at a fair rate of knotts when they are under tension :shock:

[Budgie]

Cheers all!

Budgie, how does that work then?  Any pics or further info?

It's THIS sort of thing. You just undo the two bolts on each side holding the ARB to the chassis and space it by the same amount as you've increased the suspension height. You'll need longer bolts though, and make sure they are high tensile ones.  

All this does is brings the ARB back to it's normal operating angles and stops it from inverting.
Sorry, no pics as I removed mine when I put the +3" lift kit on.

[Jake]

My roll bars flipped over with the lift fitted so i spaced them using tow bar spacers.
They flipped again so i spaced them to 3" and they flipped again  
Then i removed them and all my troubles where gone  :lol:
 8)

[Iain C]

Ah, I see what you mean now.

Jake, sounds like it didn't work for you, how big is your lift and has this solution not worked for anyone else?

Can't see why it would not work, presumably it just restores the original geometry?

[Jake]

My disco *was* lifted by 2"
Its now back on standard springs and roll bars refitted
 8)

[chaosego]

this is what i done with mine mine inverted and stayed inverted for months until it was mot time

[Iain C]

Chaosego did that fix it?  Any problems since?

[chaosego]

not took it off road since so i dont know useless or what? :?

[Range Rover Blues]

When you space it out this also moves it nearer the axle, but TBH it's dead easy to flip them back over, just jack the car up under the chassi at the back, perhaps slightly more at the side that's flipped and when it gets close it will flip back, due to the twist for the side that's still right.

I moved the axle mounts up a lot after I ripped them off, out towards the hubs too to make the ARB more effective, oh and I fitted 2 on the back so that it would go round corners.

of course now I drive the LSE, yo should see the ARB on that back of THAT.

http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/Range%20Rover%20Blues/gallery/EAS/1/d0ca6352fad0591022e0d89427abbc8f.JPG/QWlyIGJhZyBub3QgZnVsbHkgZXh0ZW5kZWQgYnV0IHdhdGNoIHRoZSBhbnRpIHJvbGwgYmFy