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Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby VICTORG93307 » July 4th, 2010, 7:47 pm

Hi guys got my first broken piece on the jeep. My front bracket that holds on to the trackbar on the front Dana 35 of my jk started coming apart. There's about a 1/4 of an inch of contact between the bracket and the diff that's ripped off and the whole bracket is also tilted forward just enought to have the bracket off the front sabilizer to move to cut into the sabilizer. I hate the dunes. I'm asking anyone with a welder for help to atleast get the stock bracket back in there until I can find an after marker beefier unit to install. I'll be off tomorrow and hope someone could help. Thanks.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Angel » July 4th, 2010, 9:27 pm

My rear bracket gave on the free way one day. I had a friend weld it back on and renforce it. one remedy is to get an adjustable track bar and renforce the bracket. I need to do the same to my front. maybe just renforce it.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » July 6th, 2010, 7:18 am

Victor, I can weld it up for you. Give me a call at 706-1600. Only thing is that I'm leaving Wed and won't be back until Monday.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby VICTORG93307 » July 6th, 2010, 11:55 am

Hi Richard thank you so much for offering, ill be off at 6 tonight let me know if you can still do it. Ill call you around 3 during my lunch. Also I was looking into the JKS bracket the one that welds on to the axle tube tell me what you think before i order today, or if you have any suggestions on what to do to strengthen up that weak bracket.

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http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/merch ... e=FABParts
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » July 6th, 2010, 1:18 pm

Call me and we'll figure something out. That looks like a nice bracket and would be nice to relocate the track bar if you do OTK steering later, but you might not need it now just to reinforce that mount.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » July 14th, 2010, 7:43 pm

Victor, do you need me to weld up that bracket?
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby VICTORG93307 » July 15th, 2010, 8:55 am

Hey Richard, yes I do. I just did not want to bug so soon after getting back from out the state figured you needed some rest. Just let me know whenever you have time to do it and ill head on over. Im off at 6 every night.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » July 17th, 2010, 5:57 am

[quote="VICTORG93307"]Hey Richard, yes I do. I just did not want to bug so soon after getting back from out the state figured you needed some rest. Just let me know whenever you have time to do it and ill head on over. Im off at 6 every night.[/quote]


Come by Monday evening and let's get it done. Call me to let me know when you'll be there.

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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » July 31st, 2010, 10:15 pm

Victor, did you get your bracket fixed?
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby VICTORG93307 » August 1st, 2010, 6:22 pm

Hi Richard sadly no, been so busy took a week long trip to Yosemite, i had a cold the week before i definately need to get it fixed hopefully make Freeway ridge on the 14th. Let me know if and when you may have time if you are still up to helping me. Just let me know what kind of beer you prefer. :drinks: :drinks:
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Angel » August 1st, 2010, 7:06 pm

I need to reinforce mine aswell and reinforce my hitch reciever... maybe you could help me to and ill double that beer or $
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby VICTORG93307 » August 2nd, 2010, 8:26 am

Yes definatley reinforce, Richard looked at the weld on the bracket and he said it looked like a realy weak weld, plus he checked all the other brackets and noticed that chrysler only welds the outside of each bracket and not the inside :thinking: . Ill post pics later on today.
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » August 3rd, 2010, 9:04 pm

[quote="VICTORG93307"]Hi Richard sadly no, been so busy took a week long trip to Yosemite, i had a cold the week before i definately need to get it fixed hopefully make Freeway ridge on the 14th. Let me know if and when you may have time if you are still up to helping me. Just let me know what kind of beer you prefer. :drinks: :drinks:[/quote]


I'm tied up the rest of this week in the evening, Trailblazers meeting tomorrow night and then I'm leaving for Swamp Thurs. Should be able to any evening next week. Dos Equis Amber. :mrgreen:
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Re: Broken trackbar bracket.

Postby Goatman » August 3rd, 2010, 9:09 pm

[quote="Angel"]I need to reinforce mine aswell and reinforce my hitch reciever... maybe you could help me to and ill double that beer or $[/quote]


Give me a call on my cell and we'll work out a time, and I'll check it out. I'd say every Jk with a stock axle needs the axle side track bar bracket reinforced, just like every TJ, ZJ, XJ, WJ needs the LCA axle brackets reinforced.

I can look at the hitch also.

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