RE trackbar "upgrade"?

[BillR]

Has anyone tried the Rusty's upgrade for the RE1600 trackbar? The hiem joint is replaced with a bushing end, and there's a new frame mount. At $100, it's half the price of a new RE HD trackbar assy.
Any experiences?
TIA!

[juicexj24]

Well I had the old style Rubicon Trac Bar with the Heim joint. Samething happened to me. I crapped out and made a lot of noise. I went with the Rusty's conversion with the bracket and poly bushing. Easy install...but...the track bar had a weird bend in it so the bushing and mount was off by about 1". I called Rusty's, he told me that if I had the old style trac bar the bend that Rubicon used wasn't going to work. So I had him send the trac bar as well. Now I tried to flip the trac bar to see if the bend would go the other way. No dice. So to make a long story short. Try it but also order the trac bar at the sametime. If you don't need it, return it. It'll save you some time. Great product. Juice

[mbryson]

I just bought a new heim and misalignment washers ......

[BillR]

Originally posted by mbryson
I just bought a new heim and misalignment washers ......
Please explain...:confused:

[mbryson]

Originally posted by BillR
Please explain...:confused:

While I'm not a giant fan of the design, the trackbar has served me pretty well (at least 40K miles---some of them not too easy). With how few miles are left on my current XJ chassis, I thought I'd just replace the heim that wears out (mine was DONE). The heim is a 3/4" reverse thread and I think it's a 5/8" hole. I couldn't get the RE misalignment washers to remove themselves from the whacked RE heim and just bought some new ones.

www.rocklogic4x4.com had everything I needed in stock if that's your next question :D .........

[RCP Phx]

Between everyone down here weve tried Rusty's,Currie's,RE's(std),and JKS!They have all failed,now were all running the RE XD trackbar and bracket with no problems since!Its worth the extra bucks!