Jeepmonger

I have a artec truss and track bar mount on my front d44 and the mount is hitting the frame whenever i hit a pothole I have a warn rock crawler bumper and an 8274 winch. I also have a BDS 3.5" lift. So I'm not sure if I should grind the mount down a little bit or get spacers or get new springsAny thoughts? Thanks

Invest2m4

Three options.

1. Add more bump stop (unfortunate if you choose to lose travel).

2. Make clearance for the bracket (cut bracket down or notch the frame).

3. Cut and relocate or cut and weld a new bracket on that will fit better.

Maertz

What he said ^^ Adding a taller coil or spacer wont help much. You will just have more uptravel and still be able to bottom it out

TheDirtman

Got any photos of your front shocks sitting at ride height? I would like to see how much up travel you have in the shocks. Any measurements you can provide on the shock travel and the clearance between the bracket and frame and the distance between your bump stop and the axle will help in making the correct adjustments.

Like said by others adding extra height does nothing for what you are experiencing.

Jeepmonger

Thanks a lot for the replies, I really appreciate it. So it looks like i have a little over six inches of up travel on the shock and 5 inches on the bump stop and only 2.5" above the track bar bracket. I didn't really want to grind away the mount because I was wanting to do the drag link flip. Is this the wrong mount all together? Has anybody else had this problem? Thanks for your guys's help.[ATTACH]612892

Maertz

Is that each side or 2 pics of one side? Looks like your not using half the uptravel in both pics so im guessing that's the side thats hitting in both pics?

Jeepmonger

It's the same side(passenger) I added the pic twice but didn't delete it rightI guess where i am confused is if this is the mount that came with the kit is there something else that I need to do to utilize the raised track bar mount? I would like to see pics of other people's setup. Again thanks for the replies

Jeepmonger

So after reading and doing more research I think i am just going to clearance the mount. I really appreciate everybody's input Really like this forum :Thanks for the help

tnt008

I'm surprised no one has suggested notching the frame. Thats my plan.

Maertz

It was mentioned in the very first response....