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OME rear spring and Rock Krawler track bar relocation issue

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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 04:51 AM
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Default OME rear spring and Rock Krawler track bar relocation issue

I've got an OME 2" spring and shock kit on my 2 door. I've decided that I'm going to use Rock Krawler for all of my control arms and track bars. While installing the rear track bar relocation bracket, it became obvious that the end of the bolt and the nylock nut in the new raised location were going to contact my driver side rear spring. Has anyone, by chance, installed the above kits together? I can only guess that the RK springs aren't as fat when they're compressed as the OME.

I had to revert to the stock track bar in the stock location. Any help here would make my day.

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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 05:03 AM
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I don't have any first-hand expericene with the RockKrawler bracket but on the AEV the driver's side bolt has to be turned around in order to clear the spring.
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 05:05 AM
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Thanks. I thought of doing that, but the bolt + the washer are just about the size of the nylock nut anyway. It's bound to touch. I'm definitely missing something here.
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 06:15 AM
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In case anyone is interested... I spoke to RK this morning and the problem might be as simple as rotating the spring so that the bolt placement corresponds to a gap rather than metal coil. I did this install with the jeep on the ground resting on the springs. Their suggestion wasn't physically possible so I'll lift it and give it a shot.
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 10:59 AM
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Is that coil bowed out toward the back at all? Others that have run into similar issues have added rear wedges.
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