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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 09:19 AM
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Ty guys lots to look into here.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 09:22 AM
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Here is my current setup. A lot of these kit talk about relocating the track bar to above the axle. Is there a write up anywhere on that?<br/>

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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 10:29 AM
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Hmmm. It looks like somebody put a new track bar mount on that axle lower than the factory. I bet you have a bit of bumpsteer. As for relocating it higher it is fairly straight forward, buy the new brackets(or make one) and weld it on.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ohio95xj
Hmmm. It looks like somebody put a new track bar mount on that axle lower than the factory. I bet you have a bit of bumpsteer. As for relocating it higher it is fairly straight forward, buy the new brackets(or make one) and weld it on.
I looked at that picture and didn't even notice that bracket. Strange, I wonder what lead to that.

Installing a new track bar bracket involves welding.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 12:35 PM
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Can easily get rid of any bumpsteer by getting rid of that lower axle bracket and mount it where it should be.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
Can easily get rid of any bumpsteer by getting rid of that lower axle bracket and mount it where it should be.
Unless there is something wrong with the factory mount.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 01:52 PM
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Thats where Im at, stock steering with a trackbar relocation bracket. I'm hoping to skip over beefing up the stock system and going strait to some over the knuckle badassory
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ohio95xj
Unless there is something wrong with the factory mount.
I'm assuming from how it looks the drop bracket is mounted that the factory one is fine. I would take it off and see though.
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
I'm assuming from how it looks the drop bracket is mounted that the factory one is fine. I would take it off and see though.
Why would somebody mount a track bar lowering bracket if their original was fine?
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Originally Posted by XJlimitedx99
Why would somebody mount a track bar lowering bracket if their original was fine?
How could someone mount a track bar lowering bracket to the stock track bar mount if the bracket wasn't fine?
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The factory mount is fine. When i swapped the axle I just moved everything over as it was on the old axle. So I figured that was because it was an aftermarket track bar. so its wrong.....great. What is it supposed to look like? anyone got any pics?
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Originally Posted by Carnutcertifies
The factory mount is fine. When i swapped the axle I just moved everything over as it was on the old axle. So I figured that was because it was an aftermarket track bar. so its wrong.....great. What is it supposed to look like? anyone got any pics?
Just remove the axle side drop bracket, center the axle, and mount it to the axle bracket. You can kind of see in this picture, see how mine track bar is in the original bracket parallel with the axle.
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