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Old May 10, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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i have jks rear adjustable trackbar. who makes the bracket that rises from the axle? sory if this is a repeat, having hard time searching from phone.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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The Teraflex rear trackbar bracket is the beefiest in the market today.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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I thought with an adjustable track bar you do not need a relocate bracket

jks makes a killer tough reinforcement brace for the rear track bar
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Old May 10, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by tkob1060
I thought with an adjustable track bar you do not need a relocate bracket

jks makes a killer tough reinforcement brace for the rear track bar
Thats right I guess I didn't read his question carefully. Now the question should be why do you want a bracket for your rear trackbar?
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Old May 10, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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i have stock trac bar wth drop down braket from frame. i had heard even wth the adjustable bar to use a braket but the one that mounts to axle. im asuming because thd stock location is crap. oh yea 4.5 in lift wth 37s if that maters. im just folowing some advice from other jeepers. but if i dont need it or wil not make a diference then i wont get it.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 12:35 PM
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In that case you don't need a relo bracket. Just use your JKS rear adj trackbar.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jayrav
Thats right I guess I didn't read his question carefully. Now the question should be why do you want a bracket for your rear trackbar?
thats a reinforcement bracket, so the stock doesnt get ripped off or broken, I am trying to beef everything up after I saw a XJ get his control arm ripped off just hitting a deep hole
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Old May 10, 2009 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by captjay
i have stock trac bar wth drop down braket from frame. i had heard even wth the adjustable bar to use a braket but the one that mounts to axle. im asuming because thd stock location is crap. oh yea 4.5 in lift wth 37s if that maters. im just folowing some advice from other jeepers. but if i dont need it or wil not make a diference then i wont get it.
You're wise to want to go to a track bar bracket that rises from the axle. Frame drops are old school and have a negative effect on handling. I don't know wht anybody even offers that style any more. If I were in the market for a rear bracket to raise my trackbar I'd buy the AEV. It comes with a trackbar that needs to be run with it as it raises the pivot 6" or 7" (which hole you use depends on your lift hiegth). It is well braced to the axle and will improve your handling by raising the roll center and reducing roll. When you look at a vehicle with the AEV setup from behind you'll see that the trackbar pivots are pretty close to flat relative to anything else out there.

Longer adjustable bars, no matter how good the quality is, used without bracket that raises from the axle cause problems. As the axle is stuffed the and the angle of the trackbar goes closer to level it pushes the axle sideways to the left. If you were centered you're not any more and it could cause contact issues.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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when is the last time you bought a lift? Mine came with frame drop down
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Old May 10, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by greenamphibious
when is the last time you bought a lift? Mine came with frame drop down
The RE 3.5" I bought 11 months ago had the axle bracket as does their Long Arm Lift. Earlier versions of both used frame drops. From what I saw at EJS TeraFlex still uses frame drops and when I asked nobody could give me a coherant reason why. Clayton uses an axle bracket. We've learned a lot about the JK over the past 3 years; maybe not everybody is up to speed.
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