danny boy
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- Pacific Beach, Ca.
Howdy,
Recently I've been frustrated too many times by the performance of my Rusty's adjustable trac bar coupled with the stock frame bracket. The problem is that the stud in the rod end tends to "egg out" the hole in the bracket. This invariably results in hellish death wobble. I've replaced the bracket before but now I just want a new solution.
Here's what I was thinking: I don't want to buy a new trac bar and I would rather not buy a new frame bracket (such as from RE, etc.) because money is too tight right now. So, my idea is to eliminate the tie rod style rod end from the bar and replace it with a heim or JJ. Then, I would cut and weld the stock bracket to make it work with the new joint. I haven't done too much calculating or measuring yet because I wanted the esteemed advice of some of my fellow jeepers before continuing.
Though I've gotten skilled with making a lot of stuff like this, I'm not confident enough in my welding skills to try something like this which could hold my or others' lives in the balance. If I assembled it with tack welds to hold it together, would a local welding shop take on a few simple welds for me, or would there be any liability to worry about?
If there's anything else or if anyone has pics/tips/advice I'd love to hear it.
BTW, sorry for being so longwinded.
Dan
Recently I've been frustrated too many times by the performance of my Rusty's adjustable trac bar coupled with the stock frame bracket. The problem is that the stud in the rod end tends to "egg out" the hole in the bracket. This invariably results in hellish death wobble. I've replaced the bracket before but now I just want a new solution.
Here's what I was thinking: I don't want to buy a new trac bar and I would rather not buy a new frame bracket (such as from RE, etc.) because money is too tight right now. So, my idea is to eliminate the tie rod style rod end from the bar and replace it with a heim or JJ. Then, I would cut and weld the stock bracket to make it work with the new joint. I haven't done too much calculating or measuring yet because I wanted the esteemed advice of some of my fellow jeepers before continuing.
Though I've gotten skilled with making a lot of stuff like this, I'm not confident enough in my welding skills to try something like this which could hold my or others' lives in the balance. If I assembled it with tack welds to hold it together, would a local welding shop take on a few simple welds for me, or would there be any liability to worry about?
If there's anything else or if anyone has pics/tips/advice I'd love to hear it.
BTW, sorry for being so longwinded.
Dan
