Rough Country Track Bar question
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Rough Country Track Bar question
I have to replace my rough country trackbar and I only need the ball joint end but I bought the whole assembly because I need the track bar ball joint asap.
This is the track bar I bought, does anyone know if you can buy the ball joint alone? My Jeep has a 3.5 inch lift if that matters or you want to suggest a different brand. If I cant figure it out I plan on just taking the ball joint out and trying to find a matching size at autozone or something.
This is the track bar I bought, does anyone know if you can buy the ball joint alone? My Jeep has a 3.5 inch lift if that matters or you want to suggest a different brand. If I cant figure it out I plan on just taking the ball joint out and trying to find a matching size at autozone or something.
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I have to replace my rough country trackbar and I only need the ball joint end but I bought the whole assembly because I need the track bar ball joint asap.
http://www.amazon.com/Rough-Country-...ntry+track+bar
This is the track bar I bought, does anyone know if you can buy the ball joint alone? My Jeep has a 3.5 inch lift if that matters or you want to suggest a different brand. If I cant figure it out I plan on just taking the ball joint out and trying to find a matching size at autozone or something.
http://www.amazon.com/Rough-Country-...ntry+track+bar
This is the track bar I bought, does anyone know if you can buy the ball joint alone? My Jeep has a 3.5 inch lift if that matters or you want to suggest a different brand. If I cant figure it out I plan on just taking the ball joint out and trying to find a matching size at autozone or something.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...ier=24087_0_0_
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FYI, for only a couple dollars more, you can get a Moog from Napa which is way better than the Autozone part. For a little over $200, you can get the Clayton HD track bar and never worry about it again. I switched from RC myself.
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Its the same as the pitman arm to steering arm ball joint?
Id love to upgrade to a clayton or some other heavy duty bar, but I had the death wobble and had to replace a bunch of bearings, get an alignment that isnt good, I still need rear tires. So for now I just gotta do whats cheap, its still my dd.
Id love to upgrade to a clayton or some other heavy duty bar, but I had the death wobble and had to replace a bunch of bearings, get an alignment that isnt good, I still need rear tires. So for now I just gotta do whats cheap, its still my dd.
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I upgraded the RC TRE track bar with a kit from Iron Rock Offroad which replaces the bracket and TRE converting it to a double shear:
IR-SDSTBU XJ/ZJ Double Shear Track Bar Upgrade
IR-SDSTBU XJ/ZJ Double Shear Track Bar Upgrade
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Thats NOT a balljoint.. It's a Tie rod end. It is the same as the ones in the steering. Take the bar or just the end into the parts store so you can match the threads.
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The 3095 is the part number. However there is too much space from the ball to the threads so I shall trek to napa and o Riley
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I did not. Even went to the specialty shop. I ordered the bar off amazon and hopefully it will get here Tuesday. $140 to get a ball joint/tie rod. Not exactly happy about that. The guy I bought it from put the lift on about 5000 miles before I got it. So about 8000 miles are on it. After I get back from basic I'll upgrade to something heavy duty. No more cheap stuff for me.
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I did not. Even went to the specialty shop. I ordered the bar off amazon and hopefully it will get here Tuesday. $140 to get a ball joint/tie rod. Not exactly happy about that. The guy I bought it from put the lift on about 5000 miles before I got it. So about 8000 miles are on it. After I get back from basic I'll upgrade to something heavy duty. No more cheap stuff for me.
I upgraded the RC TRE track bar with a kit from Iron Rock Offroad which replaces the bracket and TRE converting it to a double shear:
IR-SDSTBU XJ/ZJ Double Shear Track Bar Upgrade
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Im going to guess this is the website.
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...Code=IR-SDSTBU
It seems like it wouldnt work, my problem was that the tie rod ends were about 2 inches too long and this seems like it would be too long as well. I only have 3.5 inches of lift, might be less as its settled.
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...Code=IR-SDSTBU
It seems like it wouldnt work, my problem was that the tie rod ends were about 2 inches too long and this seems like it would be too long as well. I only have 3.5 inches of lift, might be less as its settled.