Rear Trackbar Advice

[mpeugeot]

I don’t believe anyone who says their rear axle is centered after a big lift. This is just basic middle school geometry.

All Broncos have the same trac bars.

After lifting my OBX 2” my rear axle was off over half an inch, and as other people have echoed, I was experiencing what I’d describe as rear bump steer.

Mine is centered after the lift, but then again, I used the rock jock relocation bracket and a 4WP adjustable track bar... Is that cheating?

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[Victorsen]

So you replaced the current rear track bar on the Bronco with the adjustable 4wp track bar and that made a difference

 

[Travis9935]

Mine is centered after the lift, but then again, I used the rock jock relocation bracket and a 4WP adjustable track bar... Is that cheating?

Why would you need both? Why not just one or the other? Is there a difference if you use a bracket vs a adjustable bar?

 

[indio22]

Why would you need both? Why not just one or the other? Is there a difference if you use a bracket vs a adjustable bar?

Generally you want to have the track bar as parallel as possible with the axle, to have the least side to side movement as the axle cycles up/down. So a relocation bracket would be preferable to an adjustable track bar in that regard.

 

[Travis9935]

Generally you want to have the track bar as parallel as possible with the axle, to have the least side to side movement as the axle cycles up/down. So a relocation bracket would be preferable to an adjustable track bar in that regard.

OK good. Because I have the bracket on already and a bar on the way

 

[mpeugeot]

So you replaced the current rear track bar on the Bronco with the adjustable 4wp track bar and that made a difference

It gave me the ability to fine tune it.

Why would you need both? Why not just one or the other? Is there a difference if you use a bracket vs a adjustable bar?

You can do just one or the other...

But how are you going to perfectly center it with only the bracket and how will you make it level as possible with only the adjustable track bar?

Using both gets you the benefit of both.

 

[Travis9935]

It gave me the ability to fine tune it.



You can do just one or the other...

But how are you going to perfectly center it with only the bracket and how will you make it level as possible with only the adjustable track bar?

Using both gets you the benefit of both.

Depending on how anal ocd you are. If it's off a little it won't really do much. With the bracket mine is still off a qtr inch. I'm not really having any issues. Been to Moab for 2 weeks and all was well. I just came across the 4wp one for $125 and thought wth why not make it perfect

 

[Victorsen]

Great thanks that helps

 

[BoverW]

Rear trackbar 101

 

[mpeugeot]

Depending on how anal ocd you are. If it's off a little it won't really do much. With the bracket mine is still off a qtr inch. I'm not really having any issues. Been to Moab for 2 weeks and all was well. I just came across the 4wp one for $125 and thought wth why not make it perfect

Not very anal... LOL.

It’s not perfectly level... But it's close enough.

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