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4.5" lift w/ stock steering & drop track bar on axle... problems?

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Old 08-21-2011, 06:24 PM
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4.5" lift w/ stock steering & drop track bar on axle... problems?

I am asking because my track bar mount will set around 1.5" lower than stock
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No problems the whole point of it being lower is to help keep the angles right,do you have an adjustable trackbar too?You mean the drop bracket on the frame side right?

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You want the drag link and track bar to be as close to parallel as possible
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You're not telling us enough. You need to assume we have NO IDEA what you have going on without a picture so be DESCRIPTIVE if you expect any real answers. I would comment but I can't see the whole picture.
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And an other good thing to do is a pitman arm drop i did it on my xj with probably the same 4,5 inch lift and it does stabilize the direction plus its way better for aligment since not all garage do it for lifted truck... (my tracbar is stock got no problems at all with that just need to be sure its well installed)
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basically I am talking about a near stock length track bar that uses the stock axle mount and a double shear frame mount that sets about 1.5" lower than the stock mount

and then using stock steering...

how bad would bump steer be in this case

I know many people do this and lots of people get the nice track bar... but do not address the steering angles or vice versa... but then again some people run 38s on a D35...
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