Trac Bar Frame Mount

I have the Rubicon Express trac bar (RE 1600) that required you to drill the frame mount. Anyway the hole seemed to have wallowed out and cant keep the bolt/nut tight for more than a day of driving. It makes a creaking noise when i make left turns or go over bumps. The steering box mount is fine. I put a lock washer and thread locker on the trac bar bolt now but it still doesnt last. Im thinking of getting a HD mount or go to the yard and getting a new one and drill a better hole.... any help appreciated.

Thanks

96 XJ 3.5 RE lift

Just get the rubicon express HD mount. You can use it with the RE1600 track bar- just turn the heim 90 degrees.

Yeah i was wondering if i could turn that heim around..... cool.

So, i assume the holes on the HD mount will be the same size as the hole on the heim joint....?

Renegade said:

So, i assume the holes on the HD mount will be the same size as the hole on the heim joint....?

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No, the HD mount has 1/2" holes and the heim has a 3/4" ID with a sleeve to reduce it to 5/8". So you need to either drill the mount out to 5/8" (or 3/4") or get a different sleeve for the heim. Drilling the mount is simple enough, but if you are considering changing to the HD track bar in the future you may not want to drill the mount. My heim was getting sloppy so I replace it with a Johnny Joint:

http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=941777

Mine didn't wallow out at all. I would guess that maybe yours wasn't tight enough. I tightened mine well beyond 150ft-lbs (that's all my torque wrench reads, then cranked on it some more), added red loc-tite and double nutted it.

Yeah i think i did a crappy job drilling out the hole... then it wasn't tight enough.... i think im gonna just get the same mount, drill a better hole, double nut, locktite it up..... thanks for the info