Converting Trackbar to heim, quick question

[Tim88XJ]

Ok, I have a rustys adjustable track bar with a TRE at the end. I bought a used RE HD track bar bracket at the cherokee crawl. It came with the mis alignment bushings, So I just need a heim with the same threads as the TRE to go in there. Does anyone know what the threads are? Can you reccomend a place to buy and a certain type of Heim for this? I am not looking to spend too much money, but this jeep does get driven on the street some times... not daily. Thanks, Let me know, Tim

[XJoachim]

The thread on Rusty's is 11/16 by 18, good luck.

[mattk]

I think it was me that sold it to you. The heim that I used on that bracket was a 3/4 fine left hand thread heim. I think the bolt was a 9/16 bolt. RE uses a 5/8 bore heim with a reducer sleave to 9/16 IIRC. You can order a heim with the sleave from RE. I didn't know you were going to try to match it to a Rustys trac bar. MAYBE you can drill it our and re-thread to 3/4 left hand or maybe a 3/4 right hand thread. Good luck.
Mattk

[Tim88XJ]

Yep that was me who bought it from you. I guess my best bet would be to drill and re-tap the trackbar then? Anyone else messed around with this? I don't suppose I can find an 11/16th heim... seems like an odd size. Let me know, Tim

[lpennock]

Why don't you just sell the RE bracket and order Rusty's HD bracket kit to match up to your Trackbar? Would be a lot easier than trying to find the parts to make Rusty's work with the RE.

Or if you are interested, I might be interested in swapping my Rusty's HD bracket for your RE HD bracket since I'm thinking of switching to a RE trackbar.

[FlxnXJ]

Cut the end off and buy a weld in bung what every size you want!

[vintagespeed]

I am not familiar with the construction of the Rusty's TB. If the material is heavy wall DOM then I'd say tap away. To tap to 3/4 x 18 you'll need to drill out the threads with an 11/16 drill which is the size you'll need for tapping 3/4. The tap will cost you about $20 and the heim about the same or more for chromoly. Like I said, if the TB is DOM steel then drilling/tapping is a cheap fix, but if it's light wall chromoly I'd just sell it it's easier than modifying it and finding someone to weld the chromoly.