aermotor

How do you mean in alignment exactly? I think my track bar might be adjustable... on the passenger side it has threads and a nut that's right against the bar itself.

tuffysJKwrangler

cheek the track bar braket weld r crap
my was crack and gave me the dw after going over a curb SNAP!!!

aermotor

My bracket seems to be okay, but it's hard to tell I guess.

After I torqued the drivers side bracket bolts back to normal I'm getting some metal on metal squeaking while turning and going over bumps and putting pressure on the suspension/steering system.

aermotor

Anther update.

I got my tires balanced and rotated, no change. I removed my trackbar bolts and the holes don't seem to be ovaled out, they look pretty good actually.

I did a quick vid of how much the trackbar at the frame is moving at full steering wheel flex; about 1/16" or so. Not sure if this or normal, but it definitely seems loose or maybe the bushings are toast. Notice the bolt is not moving at all. Thoughts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFQlIwXSgWY Here are some pics of my front end as well.

Is it okay for the sway bar links to be angled like this?


Trackbar Axle


Trackbar Frame


Terrible new mounting bracket for steering stabilizer

rinkishJK

From the video it looks like the track bar is spinning on the bushing. Its hard see but it also looks like ur track bar and drag link are not parallel at all. Prob due to that frame drop bracket..

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aermotor

Actually without the frame drop it would be ever more extreme. Here's a shot of them, are they really supposed to be parallel or just closer to parallel? That's a lot to change if so, either the trackbar needs to drop WAY more or the dropped pitman needs to go WAY up. But if that's a possible problem, good to know...

rinkishJK

What's pivot to pivot??

aermotor

I just included that cause I don't know if that's how one measures it or not.

rinkishJK

I have a jks track bar and stock drag link, and no brackets and mine has given me no issues... when u look at mine both bars are almost parallel, where as ur track bar dips below and above drag link.
I think all the road input is feeding right into drag link instead of them both. I could be wrong, but that's what I think...
Ill snap a pic later when I get to my jk so u can compare..
I have close to 4" lift infront.

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aermotor

Yea, I'm looking at a lot of lifted JKs frontends on Google and seeing that most have the draglink and trackbar parallel using a relocating bracket on the trackbar axle side, raising it up and correcting the geometry. Hmmm....