towing a jeep tj

Jim & Betty wrote:

another rookie wrote:
I have a jeep tj that recently had a 3" lift installed. With the new lift the jeep has what they call body roll. Wondering now, how will the jeep react when being towed by my motor home? Anyone here tow a lifted jeep?

I have a small lift and it did not affect the body roll but there is one thing that does if the anti-sway bar is disconnected you will experience a very unstable ride. Just for grins check the anti-sway bar to see how it is hooked up.
My stock anti-sway bar was used after the lift using the sway bar disconnect kit from a well know vendor whom I can not rember (CRS kicking in).

JimR 1999 Jeep TJ behind a 40 foot DP

JimR,
You make some good points and, validate what I stated earlier. There are lots of variables. And that includes a whole plethora of aftermarket parts which, include sway bars too. I have what's called the Curry Anti-rock sway bar. Talk about JUNK! It's no where near as strong as the stock sway bar. But, it was Curries attempt at a "do-all" sway bar. That is, if it's installed correctly and, connected to the supplied links, they (Currie) try to establish a fact that there's no need for disconnecting their sway bar due to the fact that there's enough flex in it that it won't inhibit off roading.

But, they also claim that there's enough strength in it that, it will suffice for good body control during road operations. HOGWASH!!!!!! The designers at Jeep/Chrysler, worked pretty hard on setting up the original Jeeps suspension to make it as safe and road worthy as possible. And so, the design, thickness and strength of the factory sway bar is quite stout.

So, if the OPs Jeep has an altered sway bar, or one like mine, I can surely see where his concerns are generated from.
Scott