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Rear drive shaft rubs gas tank skid

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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:52 AM
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Default Rear drive shaft rubs gas tank skid

Looking for a fix. I have a 4 door Jk with 4" Rancho long arm running 35's and 1350 drive
Shafts. The diff is dead nuts center.
When rear drivers tire drops and passenger is stuffed my drive shaft is rubbing the fuel tank
Skid pretty good.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:59 AM
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do you have an adjustable rear track bar?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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is it safe to assume you have a pinion flange installed? if so, changing that over to a yoke will help clear your gas tank. you can also purposefully shift your axle over a bit to help clear it too.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:16 AM
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No rear track bar, Rancho set up is a triangulated rear which deleted the track bar.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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if this works here is the pic
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 07:46 AM
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Well, I spoke to a tech at Rancho and they are puzzled. They said they have heard of the oem drive. Shafts rubbing but not the after market. This sucks! No wheeling til I figure it out!!
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