Trackbar: TRE to Heim

DubaiXJ · Jun 15, 2006

So my second Moog Trackbar TRE in a year is on it's deathbed so before the eye-jelly wobble starts...
My TB is still in good condition (and shipping a new one out here is too much coin at the moment) so I want to replace the TRE with a heim. Question is: Do I just find a grade 5 bolt of the right diameter and drill out the taper on the TB mount or should I be looking for a tapered pin?

Any suggestions as to brand and/or part number would be most welcome. 3/4" 16 thread. The front of my junk is at 5".

TheHighHeat · Jun 15, 2006

RE trackbar bracket and a 2" Currie Johnny Joint

DubaiXJ said:
Any suggestions as to brand and/or part number would be most welcome. 3/4" 16 thread. The front of my junk is at 5".

CRASH · Jun 15, 2006

Also, since the TB is exactly 1" in diameter, you can take some 1.25"x .125" DOM, sleeve the last part of the TB with it, weld in a 3/4" tube adaptor to the DOM, and then screw your heim in.

make sense?

BrettM · Jun 15, 2006

DubaiXJ said:
So my second Moog Trackbar TRE in a year is on it's deathbed so before the eye-jelly wobble starts...
My TB is still in good condition (and shipping a new one out here is too much coin at the moment) so I want to replace the TRE with a heim. Question is: Do I just find a grade 5 bolt of the right diameter and drill out the taper on the TB mount or should I be looking for a tapered pin?

Any suggestions as to brand and/or part number would be most welcome. 3/4" 16 thread. The front of my junk is at 5".

I wouldn't run the TRE in single shear like that. Some people do, I wouldn't, especially if you don't get a very precise hole.

Just take 2 pieces of 1/4" plate, drill 3/4" holes in them (or 5/8" for a 3/4x5/8 heim) and weld them to the underside of the mount with the bolt pointing at the back of the Jeep.

TheHighHeat · Jun 15, 2006

I already broke 3 bolts and hollowed out the factory bracket doing this with my Skyjacker TB, Bretts method for doing a new mount is a great idea

BrettM said:
I wouldn't run the TRE in single shear like that.

Trackbar: TRE to Heim

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