Adjustable track bar install questions

[WallyWest]

I finally got a JKS rear track bar, and I want to replace the hardware as well. Anyone know the correct size bolts/nuts for that? My stock hardware is all rusted up, extraction will be the worst part of this.

I have a 2.5" OME lift. When I get the stock track bar removed will the axle kind of self center without the bar pulling it to one side, or am I going to need to pull the frame from the side to get it centered?

And finally, will the JKS bar (OGS151) use the same size bolts anyway? Or is this one of those deals where you have to drill out the mounts?

Thx.

 

[rasband]

And finally, will the JKS bar (OGS151) use the same size bolts anyway? Or is this one of those deals where you have to drill out the mounts?

I didn't have to drill either of the ends for the rear JKS tb.

 

[CharlesHS]

Once the old TB is removed and you install the JKS tracbar; you will need a way to center the frame and the rear body whether it’s someone pushing on the body or using a ratchet strap.

 

[WallyWest]

Once the old TB is removed and you install the JKS tracbar; you will need a way to center the frame and the rear body whether it’s someone pushing on the body or using a ratchet strap.

That's what I figured. I won't have any helpers, so is it definitely going to need pulled to one particular side? I have a tree to one side of my parking spot, but nothing on the other, so it would be nice to know which side it will need to move towards.

Let me guess, might as well flip a coin, lol.

 

[rasband]

That's what I figured. I won't have any helpers, so is it definitely going to need pulled to one particular side? I have a tree to one side of my parking spot, but nothing on the other, so it would be nice to know which side it will need to move towards.

Let me guess, might as well flip a coin, lol.

You don't need anything external, you can use one side on the axle and the other on the frame to ratchet (of course, you can use something to just shift the body if you want). Another option is just to nudge the body.

Just removing the old TB shouldn't push it anywhere, so if you already have it centered at ride height (e.g. you had the relocation bracket and had it centered then) - you are pretty close.

 

[WallyWest]

You don't need anything external, you can use one side on the axle and the other on the frame to ratchet

Duh, should have thought of that.

FYI for anyone who stumbles across this in a search, the bolts used are:

Upper/Frame mount - M12 X 80mm

Lower/Axle mount - M10 X 70mm

Flange bolts and nuts I would assume. That's what I found googling anyway, will confirm if it's accurate. I do know the stock lower bolt is a T55 Torx head for some absurd reason. And just to make things interesting it's pointed right at the gas tank skid, so good luck getting a socket and wrench on it. A stubby T55 comes in handy, and I've read you can jack up the frame to let the axle droop and hopefully clear the bottom of the skid. That and loosening the bolts on the gas tank skid so it will move a tad. Sounds like fun. Should be easier with a lift already installed, in theory anyway.