Lower Trackbar mount

FallibleXJ said:

Well this past weekend i replaced my trackbar with a Rubicon Express HD trackbar. Apparently I didn't tighten the lower mount enough (though I'm quite certain I did), and the lower bolt fell out and is lost to the world, as is the tab nut.

Now I can easily find a replacement 1/2" bolt, what about the tab nut? Does this really need to be a tab nut, or will a normal one work?

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kastein said:

I'd just get a standard nut and tack weld a strip of metal (or a piece of smallish rod stock) onto it, that's about all the factory did except they crushed the metal instead of welding. The factory ones are a blasted pain, the thin little tag tends to bend for me (at least while doing UCAs) and so they just spin and make me say interesting things. Would benefit greatly from 14ga or thicker tags.

As for the bolt, I seem to recall it being ~2.5 to 3" long but I am not sure. Shouldn't be hard to find out, measure how far it is from one side of the trackbar mount to the other, add 1/2 or 3/4" for the nut + washer(s).

I'd throw some red loctite on it this time around, or maybe use a crown nut if you can find a way to get a hitch pin clip or cotter pin in there.

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kastein said:

What is it, 1/2-13 UNC?

I've got a welder hanging out in a friend's garage, I'll be over there tonight doing brake cylinders on his MJ and trimming fenders on my XJ probably, I'll tack one together, pretty sure I have some pieces of 1/8" scrap somewhere around there. PM me a mailing address to send it to.

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