ROCKLOCK

Skyjacker keeps the sway at bay

- Harry Wagner

For years, we ran sway bar disconnects on our ’06 Wrangler LJ with 35-inch-tall tires. The disconnects provided stock handling on the street with uninhibited articulation on the trail. At times, they were a chore to get aligned, but that was considered a small price to pay. It wasn’t until we moved up to 37-inch-tall tires that they rubbed the sway bar at full lock before we started to look for a better alternative.

That better alternative we found is Skyjacker’s RockLock selectable front sway bar. The RockLock is a torsion bar-style sway bar with flat endlinks that provide more tire clearance than the factory sway bar. Unlike other torsion bar-style sway bars, Skyjacker’s RockLock uses a splined hub on one end that allows it to be disengaged with a simple twist of the dial, just like unlocking an axle hub. It might not be as fancy as the in-cab disconnect available on the JK and JL Rubicons, but it is light years ahead of traditional sway bar disconnects. No more rolling around on the ground lining up holes and pins.

Those aren’t the only benefits, though. The RockLock also has three different end link mounting hole options on the arms. The farther forward on the arms you mount the endlinks, the effectively shorter the arms are. This increases the resistance on the road, resulting in a stiffer sway bar. We made the bar as stiff as possible since we are running relatively soft Skyjacker dual-rate coil springs, but you can fine-tune the sway bar stiffness to best complement your specific suspension on your ’97-’06 TJ or LJ Wrangler.