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Anyone w/ a 2.5 skyjacker lift. Help Please

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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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I lifted my 4 door jk 2.5'' w/ skyjacker lift. Everything went well except for the rear track bar. I bolted on the bracket for the track bar and I used the bottom hole as instructed. The problem is the rear axle is off, the driver's side tire is in more than the passanger side tire about 3/4 of inch. Does anyone know what I need to do or is this what the track bar supposed to do? THANKS in advance.

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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 06:10 AM
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The rear track bar helps to correctly center the rear axle under the vehicle.
Normally an adjustable trackbar and bracket help restore the track bar to it's natural position on higher lifts.. I normally only see a need for adjustable track bars on 4-5" lifts. I would call skyjacker..your problem could be the wrong bracket. Hard to say without being there.

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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jeepercreeper
I lifted my 4 door jk 2.5'' w/ skyjacker lift. Everything went well except for the rear track bar. I bolted on the bracket for the track bar and I used the bottom hole as instructed. The problem is the rear axle is off, the driver's side tire is in more than the passanger side tire about 3/4 of inch. Does anyone know what I need to do or is this what the track bar supposed to do? THANKS in advance.
I went out and measured mine and had a similar situation. Driver side stuck out about 1/2 inch.

I removed the bracket and re-attached the track bar to the original location. Now the passenger side sticks out more than the drivers side. Not quite sure what to do now except maybe re-install the bracket and try the top hole. That should pull the axel back to the passenger side a little bit further than the lower hole.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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I just attached the bracket and used the top hole for the track bar. What do ya know, everything seems to be centered up now.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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Thats what I was thinking of doing (using top hole) but, top hole supposed to be for higher lifts. THANKS.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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Just checking to see if you got the same result as I did. If so, we should probably talk to SkyJacker about it and get them to fix their instructions.
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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Hey Jeephrog,

You were right. It does look better... Thanks...
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