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Rock Krawler rear trackbar bracket rubbing shocks

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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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Default Rock Krawler rear trackbar bracket rubbing shocks

So I have a 3.5 Max Travel setup and I can see my rear track bar bracket is scratching my shocks. Contacted rock krawler and and they had me send them pictures to see what is going on and they said check to se if my axle is centered. Told them It definitely is and have not heard back from them yet since so need some
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Old Jan 23, 2013 | 12:43 PM
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Axle not being centered would have been my guess as well. Did you measure from wheel lugs out from edge of fender? When I did my 3.5 it was off by an inch to passenger.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 12:19 PM
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Is the rear track bar bracket square on the axle it self? If it is slightly rotated, that would certainly do that! It looks like you are just kissing the top cornor of it! There are other options, let us know.

Sorry, we have been very busy. We are moving tommorrow!

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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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I'm having a similar issue, but it is rubbing on my springs. What I've learned is that with the lift the springs tend to bow towards the rear a little bit and causes some geometry issues. There are some angled pucks that you can slide in to give the springs a vertical angle. I'd look to see if the springs are bowed at all. I'm trying to find right now if anyone makes a kit that fixes the spring bow issue in the rear, while netting an additional 1 to 1.5" lift overall.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TipsEZ
I'm having a similar issue, but it is rubbing on my springs. What I've learned is that with the lift the springs tend to bow towards the rear a little bit and causes some geometry issues. There are some angled pucks that you can slide in to give the springs a vertical angle. I'd look to see if the springs are bowed at all. I'm trying to find right now if anyone makes a kit that fixes the spring bow issue in the rear, while netting an additional 1 to 1.5" lift overall.
I want to say rusty's make those correction wedges your talking about. Not 100% though. I hope I don't run into this issue. I will be installing mine in 2 weeks.
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenJK07
I want to say rusty's make those correction wedges your talking about. Not 100% though. I hope I don't run into this issue. I will be installing mine in 2 weeks.
Here's the link I got for Synergy ones from a friend in Ca. I don't know the Rusty's quality, but I know Synergy is good stuff. Synergy Suspension Jeep JK Rear Coil Wedges SYN-8097
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 01:55 PM
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I would try the angle correction wedges first, also did your lift have control arms for the rear? If so you may need to adjust the location of the axle front to rear. That would rotate the axle some as to pull the axle from the shocks.
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