So first off, I have a 97 and I'm swapping to 06 Rubicon axles. The axle is centered and hanging as low as the CA's will allow. Track bar is way off though. What am I missing? There are 2 additional mounting holes, but I drilled out and installed where PO had his, to start with.... Thanks fellas!
Need assistance with front Dana 44 axle swap
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Mount the track bar when wheels are on and at ride height.
Well hell... Guess I'll order my tires then. I was hoping to get by for now! My old wheels won't fit with the big brakes... Thanks!
That is a custom axle side track bar bracket. Typically, the trackbar would attach where you have the steering stabilizer attached. However, it looks like you may have crossover steering. can you take pictures of the knuckles and where the draglink and tie rod attach on the passenger side?
It does look like you could put the trackbar right back in the hole to the vehicle right, picture left of the stabilizer bolt, no?
Agreed. But if the PO of the axle was using that top hole, it might have different knuckles on it. Hard to tell but it seems the tie rod and draglink are separate.
You are going to need a custom, shorter trackbar than what you have in order to run those knuckles. Another option would be to put the trackbar back into the stock place and get stock knuckles or a Vanco big brake kit.
I ran the part number on that axle housing and it says its a TJ rubicon Dana 44 axle, not a JK. I am thinking you have Teraflex high steer knuckles but I am not positive.
I ran the part number on that axle housing and it says its a TJ rubicon Dana 44 axle, not a JK. I am thinking you have Teraflex high steer knuckles but I am not positive.
This is the trackbar teraflex sells for that kit.
https://teraflex.com/shop_items/tj-high-steer-track-bar?vehicle=TJ Wrangler
The problem is they want you to also use a drop trackbar bracket at the frame so that won't work for you as a bolt in solution.
https://teraflex.com/shop_items/tj-high-steer-track-bar?vehicle=TJ Wrangler
The problem is they want you to also use a drop trackbar bracket at the frame so that won't work for you as a bolt in solution.
1st thing i thought was why is the stabilizer in the TB hole and the TB in the stabilizer hole.........but figured i'd wait for smarter folks to chime in. but now the steering kinda explains it.
that is basically JK steering linkage now, no?
if it's supposed to function on 1 should it not function on another?
OCD note: does that weld in bung appear odd to anyone else? looks like they welded the flat end to the link. i've shopped quite a few builder parts from a lot of venders and never seen/noticed an outside taper.
that is basically JK steering linkage now, no?
if it's supposed to function on 1 should it not function on another?
OCD note: does that weld in bung appear odd to anyone else? looks like they welded the flat end to the link. i've shopped quite a few builder parts from a lot of venders and never seen/noticed an outside taper.
Yes and no. Tera is basically WJ style steering since the WJ was first so derivatively, that would put the JK as a version of WJ as well.
As far as I know, all of Tera's bungs are not weld in. Not sure what you seeing unless it is the nut with the washer under it.
I believe it's the RE track bar he's referring to. It'll be swapped for Currie soon though.
That is the 17" Vanco Big Brake kit adapted onto the Tera steering knuckle. We quit doing that when Tera told me to buy knuckles retail when I told them I wanted to set up a core bank with 10-50 knuckles pre-machined for the adapters.
this end on the TB, just looks more like a butt weld than a filled taper i'd expect, to me.