Thank youDefinitely inspect them to make sure the joints are good and there is no abnormal slop. Have someone turn the steering wheel back and forth while you sit in front to make sure there is no play in any of the joints, the sector shaft, the trackbar mounts, or anything else. If it's all in good shape, I would leave it unless you are having a problem.
Thanks John, hopefully Jerry isn’t too upset with me from previous posts. All good sir thank youLooks like you have a dropped trac bar bracket and an adjustable track bar, also a dropped pitman arm. My guess is you should be good to go!!
@Jerry Bransford can tell you better than I can.
Thank you for the input Jerry,but I had to drill into the frame to install that bracket, so I’d prefer to keep bracket. Just for my clarification why would I need to replace front track bar because it is adjustable to center the Jeep. So I can replace the pitman arm back to OEM. Would that theoretically solve the issue or do I need to replace everything ?Your alignment is fine. The only logical thing left IMO that could cause your wonky steering is something to do with that dropped Pitman arm and dropped track bar mount. It looks to me like the Pitman arm is dropped more than the dropped track bar mount is, perhaps 2" more, which is not good. They both need to either be stock or have the same amount of drop. Personally I'd remove both and go back to a stock Pitman arm and TB mount. That'd also require a different track bar. The factory steering geometry works well without issue.
Before I knew better I installed a DPA and dropped track bar mount onto my previous TJ with a 5.5" suspension lift. Both ended up getting removed.
Stock trackbars use a single shear mount, meaning the bolt runs straight through the bar, into the joint, and terminates with a nut (or vice versa). That aftermarket trackbar is set up in double shear, which in itself is normally stronger.Thank you for the input Jerry,but I had to drill into the frame to install that bracket, so I’d prefer to keep bracket. Just for my clarification why would I need to replace front track bar because it is adjustable to center the Jeep. So I can replace the pitman arm back to OEM. Would that theoretically solve the issue or do I need to replace everything ?
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What size hole did you drill? A Currie trackbar usually requires drilling out to a pretty large bolt size and might bolt right up.
Ah, not familiar with that particular bracket.He drilled into the frame and also into the side of the factory TB mount. This does weaken the frame and mount to where cracks have happened.