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codeman8118

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Hey,I've recently got problems with my trac bar i believe....Every so often i hear a pop sound after i turn my wheel...it only happens occasionally....Les Schwab after i got an alignment said my trac-bar wiggles side-to-side when turning the wheel...My question is....and they suggested just getting anew tie rod end..rustys adjustable (ick).im going to do that but i also want to know if it has to do with the bracket going to an egg shape that creates that pop sound? or do you think it is just a worn out TRE on the upper bracket of the trac-bar?
 
first and easiest would be to tighten the bottom bolt to make sure thats not the problem (happened to me thats why I mention it)
also you can remove bottom bolt and see if it has wallowed out the hole.
if so you can use a larger bolt to compensate, or weld a piece over the hole with a new hole drilled into the new plate.
other than that, if you any lift, or plan on any, you could get a whole new trac bar and frame bracket (stay away from Rusty's tho please) but if the bottom hole is the problem the new trac bar wouldn't solve that problem.
 
I don't know why everyone thinks Rustys is junk. I just switched my T/B from Rustys to Rough Country and the Rustys is much more heavy duty. The tie-rod ends are Moog so they should be decent. The popping you here is probably the end moving within itself. I know since thats what mine did. If it was mine I would just get there stronger upper mount.
 
I found out mine was wallowed out so I went and drilled it bigger and was planning on drilling the track bar sleeve too but the bit I had wasn't goo enough or that metal is really hard, I couldn't even get it started. I ended up jbwelding a washer in place (I dont have a welder, so I figured I'd try this first) and as soon as I cranked down on the bolt it broke loose lol. I tightened it down really good though, and I haven't noticed any more popping than before
 
Tighten the bracket at the frame end. Mine was doing the same thing and I could feel it in the floor. I thought I had broken one of the control arm mounts! But after having my wife move the wheel, I saw that the mounting bracket was moving. I cranked it down untill the vein in my forehead felt like it was gonna rupture, then put a cheater bar on the ratchet and tourqued it some more. There are 3 bolts that hold it on, hit those and see what it does.
 
Joepoppa1 said:
Tighten the bracket at the frame end. Mine was doing the same thing and I could feel it in the floor.
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Mine does the same thing. I have the RE bracket and have cranked it down as hard as I could, double nutted it, bought new hardware, etc. and while it fixes it for awhile, it always seems to loosen up again. There's just a lot of forced being applied there. I'm starting to think welding the bracket to the frame may be the best option. Too bad I can't weld...

Have a helper turn the wheel for you and watch the upper mount bracket when you reach steering lock each direction. You'll probably see the bracket shifting a little on the frame.
 
fyrfytr1717 said:
Mine does the same thing. I have the RE bracket and have cranked it down as hard as I could, double nutted it, bought new hardware, etc. and while it fixes it for awhile, it always seems to loosen up again. There's just a lot of forced being applied there. I'm starting to think welding the bracket to the frame may be the best option. Too bad I can't weld...

Have a helper turn the wheel for you and watch the upper mount bracket when you reach steering lock each direction. You'll probably see the bracket shifting a little on the frame.
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RE sells a brace that you might consider. I run it and it tightens up things considerably. Then again I never really had a problem with the stock mount coming loose. Mine did fail completely though and I had to order another one.

Broken mount:
http://www.fivezerofive.com/main/index.php?itemid=1293

New mount+brace:
http://www.fivezerofive.com/main/index.php?itemid=1318&catid=7
 
imboostedru said:
I don't know why everyone thinks Rustys is junk. I just switched my T/B from Rustys to Rough Country and the Rustys is much more heavy duty. The tie-rod ends are Moog so they should be decent. The popping you here is probably the end moving within itself. I know since thats what mine did. If it was mine I would just get there stronger upper mount.
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I only advise against Rusty's crap cause my "heavy duty" trac bar broke pulling into a gas station. but this isn't another rusty's vs the world thread, so enough on that.

any word from the OP on whats been found out so far?
 
mbogosia said:
Loctite it.
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Well yeah, thought that was a given. Just didn't mention it. Figured double nutting was stronger than the loctite I was using anyways.

gregmondro said:
RE sells a brace that you might consider. I run it and it tightens up things considerably. Then again I never really had a problem with the stock mount coming loose. Mine did fail completely though and I had to order another one.
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Didn't realize that existed. I'll check into it. Thanks!

OP, have you figured out the source of your pop?
 
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