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Trac Bar end upgrade
- Thread starter jeepgeek
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crystalcleanteam
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- Location
- port saint lucie,fl
Yah I've been there that's why rough country now sells a double shear track bar cause the old one sucked! I just went to autozone and got one their lifetime rod ends and every time it wears out I just walk in with old one and walk out with the new one. But its still a pain in the a** Oh and the threads are impossible to match to a heim joint. I called rc and got the thread size then went to a couple of industrial shops and browsed the joint catalog, Nothing... Then I called rc and told them about it and he says " thats why we have the new one" I say so can I get a discount on the new one since you guys recognize the crappy poor design of the old one. He says NOPE. Pissed me off. Just buy the new one its supposably thicker and double shear. I bent mine so I trashed it. If you wheel hardcore don't buy rc. If you just weekend wheel moderately you can't beat the price.
crystalcleanteam
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- port saint lucie,fl
Where in Fl do you live?
python6446
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- Location
- Rapid City, SD
Thought I'd let you guys know of another option. Iron Rock Offroad has a fix to the problem. Its their XJ/ZJ Double Shear Track Bar Upgrade. Here's the link http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merc...n=PROD&Store_Code=IROR&Product_Code=IR-SDSTBU. I have the old RC track bar design, and yes it sucks but the Iron Rock unit will fix it.
crystalcleanteam
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- Location
- port saint lucie,fl
I called rc and asked what thread theirs was and they told me so I then called Iron Rock and they said the threads dont match? So you say it is and you bought and installed it? I was looking at the iron rock upgrade as well. But for the price of the upgrade you can buy the whole rc track bar setup... Oh and jeepgeek what.. you live in sabastion? I live is psl and Im a member of treasure coast Jeep club. The meeting is the 13th or every second Sat of the month. In Vero on rt 60. What year is your jeep and what have you done to it?
Well the 88 XJ is actually my son's ride. We bought it when he turned 16 as a first vehicle to drive to school. After alot of repairs, upgrades, paint, A/C work, lift, tires, bumpers etc. he's still driving it 5 years later. My ride is a 05 Rubicon on 35's (my sixth jeep). I've met with TCJC a couple of times and I attend Jeeptoberfest every year. Use to make annual trips to Tellico till they closed it. To bad cause I bought property in Murphy just because of the trails. Maybe I'll make it to this weeks meeting, I'll check the web page.
crystalcleanteam
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- port saint lucie,fl
sounds good, my name is Dan. I have an 01 but I won't be bringing it to the meeting its getting 44s front and rear!
rockcrusher
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- georgia
I'm having the same problem with them.
joe_peters
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grants Pass, OryGun
Why not buy an over-sized shank heim joint and take it to a machinist and have new threads cut for the track bar? A machinist can cut just about any thread on a lathe.
EDIT: if you do this, buy a heim that can be rebuilt so you don't have to pay the machinist to do the job again.
EDIT: if you do this, buy a heim that can be rebuilt so you don't have to pay the machinist to do the job again.
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