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Post by hunna on May 15, 2005 20:52:12 GMT -3
went and did some wheeling at a friends place, there excavating the land to build condos. So there was tons of rock mounds. I was climbing them and what not, after my wheel was way off so I looked up under and saw this. why would it bend like that, is my trac bar to short so I had it extended out to far. my axle was centered but now it’s like 2” out on the drives side.
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Post by mikeswrangler on May 15, 2005 20:57:51 GMT -3
WoW, thats bent.
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Post by hunna on May 15, 2005 21:04:36 GMT -3
WoW, thats bent. i was real mad when i got off the rocks and my wheel was facing the other way, at least i find it funny now.
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Post by dsgray16 on May 15, 2005 23:17:51 GMT -3
did you land on it? thats a Rusty's TB right? unless you landed on it that shouldnt be happening and you should be on the phone bitching at rustys
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Post by hunna on May 15, 2005 23:23:59 GMT -3
i don't think i landed on, i didn't see any marks on the bar. it's is rusty, does he have 2 different trac-bars for xj's or are they all the same. it seems like i had to have it adjusted way out to center the axle right.
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Post by chrometj on May 16, 2005 3:20:22 GMT -3
time to do what dan said, call and female dog them for REFUND!
mike
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Post by bluerocket on May 16, 2005 7:38:22 GMT -3
NOTE TO SELF, My rustys bar did the same thing except it BROKE OFF on old florida road yesterday. Look at your front diff cover, I bet the tracbar is hitting it under hard flex, thats what mine is doing, I need to call rustys for a solution.
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Post by hunna on May 16, 2005 11:52:47 GMT -3
rusty's thinks the end was adjusted out to far so it bent. he told me to take it off messure it then he'll send me a longer one so there more thread in the hole.
bluerocket i'll check what you said, hope you got out of the woods and home ok.
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Post by mikeswrangler on May 16, 2005 22:30:34 GMT -3
Yeh, Rusty's isnt the best. I got my complete steering conversion from them and the drag link was two long. I couldnt get my steering wheel straight even when the drag link was adjusted all the way in. I had to take both the ends out of it and cut the rod down to make it work. I would think when one spends 240 bucks on new steering you shouldnt have to cut down pieces to make them fit correctly. Just my 2 cents. I have also read many other poeple who had problems with this steering system. I however do like the kit besides that simple fix problem, just annoying.
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Post by bluerocket on May 16, 2005 22:56:33 GMT -3
rusty's thinks the end was adjusted out to far so it bent. he told me to take it off messure it then he'll send me a longer one so there more thread in the hole. bluerocket i'll check what you said, hope you got out of the woods and home ok. There was some carnage on OFR, I broke the tracbar, and tore out a tie rod end, Matt Taco'd his tie rod end and Jason got a sidewall slice. Luckily we had the spair parts with us to not only run the rest of the trail in and back, but to get us back to our ultimate destinations, I drove 300miles home after the OFR run.
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Post by dsgray16 on May 17, 2005 0:57:52 GMT -3
i don't think i landed on, i didn't see any marks on the bar. it's is rusty, does he have 2 different trac-bars for xj's or are they all the same. it seems like i had to have it adjusted way out to center the axle right. When you order a trac bar from them they ask what size lift you have, my guess is you eather specified the wrong lift hieght or they f-ed up and gave you a track bar for the wrong lift hieght
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Post by bluerocket on May 17, 2005 1:07:27 GMT -3
the tracbar length in my case is irrelivent, my stock bar had a forward bend in it to go around the diff, the rustys is strait, and therefore hits. The length of the bar wouldent change the fact it hits, just what point on the bar.
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Post by dsgray16 on May 17, 2005 1:11:13 GMT -3
yeah you prob had the gen. 1 track bar, they fixed that prob with the gen 2
Iv been running a Rusty's TB that i ordered for a 4.5 inch lift with 6 inches of lift and have had no problems, guess maybe its bad luck that your bent like that
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Post by bluerocket on May 17, 2005 8:19:47 GMT -3
I believe I have Gen 2. Its the thicker bar.
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Post by hunna on May 17, 2005 13:43:02 GMT -3
i told rusty i think he sent me the wrong bar, he asked what it looked like i told him it was bulge at at the end and welded at that spot where it threads into he said it was the right one.
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