I guess it is a chance we all have to take when we modify anything. I would like to see the JKS break as well.

 

The Teraflex HD Adj trackbar won't break!!! Its the strongest adj TB out there

 

Here is a pic of my Teraflex HD Adj trackbar installed:





APPRECIATE THE BEEFINESS OF THE TB!

 

you'll forgive me but what you described WOULD NOT be a "clean in half" break but rather, a break a the TRE. JK's do NOT have a TRE mounting point at the frame like your old TJ had.

the TRE that snapped on your TJ's track bar was clearly too weak. JK's do not use TRE's. also, i can tell you that i have run a TF track bar as well as an FT track bar and i am currently running a JKS track bar up front. trust me, none of the ends on any of these track bars are going to break.

and that's because you are making choices based on the experiences you had with a poorly made product. however, just so that it's clear to everyone else, you have absolutely NO experience with anything else available today for the JK.

NO, the JKS track bar IS NOT made just like the track bar that you were using on your TJ nor was the break the same. the break i saw of the JKS track bar was on the bar itself - not the joint like you had. and, from what i understand, this was the first one in over 5000 units that are out there today. if i could guess, there was some kind of flaw in the tube and this allowed for flexing to occur at that point. over time, this may have caused the tube to break through metalurgy.

while the turnbuckle is nice and does make adjustments easier, you are kidding yourself if you think it is somehow full proof. if there is a weak point on this design, IT IS at the turnbuckle. am i saying that this is a bad design or that you should not be using it? not at all - that would be irresponsible as i have not seen or heard of any on a JK fail at this before.

 

I think i struck a nerve

 

Any of the track bars you show will do the job.. just buy one and be done with it lol.

I am personally a fan of Teraflex products, but the price of the JKS Trackbar is way hard to pass up.

 

LOL!! naw, i just don't like irresponsible misinformation to be passed off as fact is all.

TF makes a very nice track bar and i would still be using the one i have if it actually had 4 bends in it like stock or a lot of the other manufacturers have instead of just one. unfortunately, this design prevents it from clearing my diff cover at a full stuff and so i had to replace it.

 

I don't like it when forums turn disrespectful. I apologize to anyone i offended. that was not my intent.

I just wanted to show you all my experience with A BROKEN TRACK BAR. I am in NO way educated in the design and strength limitations of the track bar. If there are differences between the old TJ and the JK, and I know there are, then those should be brought up in discussion.

I was also in NO WAY trying to degrade JKS, Currie, Full Traction or anyone else. I think they all make good products.

The picture speaks for itself. Perhaps discussion should be more about how the design for the JK is different than my TJ than how inept I am...I know that!

 

ummm, please don't take this the wrong way but honestly, the only person who seems to be offended is you.

but you showed your experience of a BROKEN TRACK BAR from a TJ and with a completely different joint at the frame mount. likewise, you tried to enthusiastically proclaim how this was the exact same thing as how JK track bars are made today and just because they have an "adjustment on the end that screws in and out." this is a misleading claim that is baseless and in my opinion, irresponsible.

and i believe that is exactly what i just did.

although, you say that you "would NEVER EVER buy another track bar that has the adjustment on the end that screws in and out." how you can make a proclamation like that and then say that these companies "all make good products" simply makes no sense to me.

i agree - the picture does speak for itself. TJ's have track bars that mount to the frame very differently that a JK and that the track bar you had broke at the TRE. likewise, i do believe i did explain how JK's have a different mount than a TJ.

 

Yeah, I saw the pictures before they disappeared. I think the reason trac-bar broke where it did, is if you look at the picture closely of the front diff cover you can see where the insert fitting of the trac-bar where the end link screws in for adjustment was hitting and rubbing the front diff cover under full spring compression, causing the break at the threaded end link, which is not designed for a side load. Looks like they did not design the trac-bar with full articulation in mind to clear the front diff cover, might want to call them and tell them. I am looking into it also.