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Old 10-05-2015, 11:34 AM
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How do you knock your track bar out of alignment?
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How do you knock your track bar out of alignment?
I don't, but to each his own
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You can't really. Bushings can wear out, holes can become ovaled out, the tre can wear out. Unless you bend something you can't "knock it out of alignment."
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Oh, can I play. I would use a sledge hammer to do it.
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I don't, but to each his own
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Oh, can I play. I would use a sledge hammer to do it.

LOL! You guys are too much!
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LOL! You guys are too much!
What. We were given a vague question. No reasoning behind it. No vehicle associated with it. Nothing. Hard to take it seriously to be honest. More description makes us be more helpful
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Originally Posted by wcw4496
How do you knock your track bar out of alignment?
When you knock up the jeep (lift).
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Originally Posted by SteveMongr
When you knock up the jeep (lift).
Yeah. Pretty much just this.

Have you lifted your jeep recently? If you did, you need to do one of two things (and I do mean TWO).

1) Unbolt your track bar from the axle and drill a new hole... writeup here http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoTrackbar.htm

2) Buy a QUALITY adjustable track bar such as JKS, Rubicon Express, or Zone (there are other great companies out there, just be sure to do your research) and adjust it to the correct length accordingly.

Don't waste your money on track bar relocation brackets. They're another perfect example of a product that fixes one problem (axle out of align) yet causes another one (bump steer).

If you haven't recently lifted your jeep, well...

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Originally Posted by Basslicks
Yeah. Pretty much just this.

Have you lifted your jeep recently? If you did, you need to do one of two things (and I do mean TWO).

1) Unbolt your track bar from the axle and drill a new hole... writeup here http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoTrackbar.htm

2) Buy a QUALITY adjustable track bar such as JKS, Rubicon Express, or Zone (there are other great companies out there, just be sure to do your research) and adjust it to the correct length accordingly.

Don't waste your money on track bar relocation brackets. They're another perfect example of a product that fixes one problem (axle out of align) yet causes another one (bump steer).

If you haven't recently lifted your jeep, well...

Please don't advocate the frst option. Either people will mess up and kill orphan nuns or people will do it, metal gets weak and gets messed up over time and people wind up killing orphan nunss
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Sorry y'all. I have 99 XJ 8.5 inch lift in the front.
KOR Track bar. CAD kit.
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Sorry y'all. I have 99 XJ 8.5 inch lift in the front.
KOR Track bar. CAD kit.
Sounds like you need to adjust the track bar further out -or- get a track bar with more adjustment.
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Please don't advocate the frst option. Either people will mess up and kill orphan nuns or people will do it, metal gets weak and gets messed up over time and people wind up killing orphan nunss
No no, the orphan nuns will be fine... the nuns from broken homes must worry.
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
No no, the orphan nuns will be fine... the nuns from broken homes must worry.
Ah, dont care about the broken home ones. They just about screwed anyways
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