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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
Rear track bar bracket broken
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<blockquote data-quote="Walt Jaquith" data-source="post: 428290" data-attributes="member: 18654"><p>Is there any kind of suspension lift on your jeep? The trac bars didn't bind *too* much on a completely stock YJ suspension; not enough to break their mounts as long as you didn't wheel too hard. But any kind of changes to the suspension geometry are certain to make the stock trac bars bind badly as the suspension articulates. In the rear, it's usually the axle mount that eventually gives up, as you've seen. A lot of lift kits come with extender brackets designed to put them back to stock movement with the lift, but because the longer bracket just means the moment arm the bar is pushing against is greater, they can break even under mild use that wouldn't break a completely stock setup.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that the trac bars are tolerable (but completely unnecessary) for a totally stock pavement queen, and no good for anything with a modded suspension or that sees real suspension movement offroad. Unless your rig is completely unmolested and only street driven, my advice is to just take them off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walt Jaquith, post: 428290, member: 18654"] Is there any kind of suspension lift on your jeep? The trac bars didn't bind *too* much on a completely stock YJ suspension; not enough to break their mounts as long as you didn't wheel too hard. But any kind of changes to the suspension geometry are certain to make the stock trac bars bind badly as the suspension articulates. In the rear, it's usually the axle mount that eventually gives up, as you've seen. A lot of lift kits come with extender brackets designed to put them back to stock movement with the lift, but because the longer bracket just means the moment arm the bar is pushing against is greater, they can break even under mild use that wouldn't break a completely stock setup. The bottom line is that the trac bars are tolerable (but completely unnecessary) for a totally stock pavement queen, and no good for anything with a modded suspension or that sees real suspension movement offroad. Unless your rig is completely unmolested and only street driven, my advice is to just take them off. [/QUOTE]
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Rear track bar bracket broken
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