Rusty's Trackbar Failure - Great Lakes XJ

90XJkid

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Date: May 13, 2011

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Firehawk's track bar actually broke a while back too and its in a thread somewhere here. Luckily he was traveling at a slow speed and didn't loose control too bad. Let me look for a min.... __________________ My Build Thread 4.5" Lift, 33" M/Ts, and Other Mods

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LEAD_NOT_FOLLOW

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Date: May 13, 2011

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Cityslicker wrote:
I'm new here, And am just learning about this Rusty's issue. But I have to agree with this. the Photo at the top isn't the same as the track bar I got from Rusty's.. But I'm super concerned. I suppose I am going to get the loop end and bracket.

As stated prior;

LEAD_ NOT_FOLLOW wrote:
The 1st pic is the TRE itself.

Here is a photo of Arcticcat's broken Rusty's TRE to help show more what your seeing.

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LEAD_NOT_FOLLOW wrote:
No experience or hearsay of any failure with the Skyjacker part.

Or JKS- I run one of their adjustable units, and I love it. Much sturdier than stock, was adjustable as I went from stock (I replaced the worn out stock unit with this) to 2" to 3.5".

I've heard a lot of bad stuff about the trackbar from Rusty's... but some of their other parts were good, and I had good luck with the coil spacers (no 'gouging' from the coils as some have claimed) and the AAL in my worn out leaf springs I had at the time.

Now I'm running full 3.5", coils and new leaf pack. Quite the investment, but worth it.

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