Jnorman831

So I bought a rubicon express 3.5" lift . After the install was done it had extreme death wobble , so I took it to the local 4x4 shop so that they could figure it out. After multiple shake down runs they figured out that the brand new track bar was flexing when steering the wheel. Now I have to buy a quality track bar. No problem I just want to fix the issue , just super disappointed in the quality of the rubicon express parts. Anybody else have issues like this with brand new parts?

Jeepstin12

Rubicon Express and the word "quality" can't be used in the same sentence. Get what you pay for.....

Jnorman831

I wasn't expecting top of the line but damn, brand new and it has to be replaced ? Pretty sad. I didn't know RE was that bad.

nthinuf

Was the torque on the bolts actually checked? Not to stick up for a component I haven't used, but why not check the bolts and/or replace the trackbar with your new 'quality' component to verify that it was actually the problem before blasting them.

pjmjk

I'd place Rubicon express in about the same level as rugged ridge

Jeepstin12

agreed. Skyjacker as well.

spanky1989

Wasn't rub in express one of the top brands just 6-7 years ago? What happened?

Unlimited_Fun

I got the RE 2.5" since I'm not intending to wheel or mud, and I had to add a better steering stabilizer to the mix. Even at that, I've had a time or two when I nearly left the hwy and thought I would crap my pants!

It was a death wobble afaik, but it wasn't fun either. I'm ok to keep the speed down now and feel safe.

I had to brake heavily on the hwy once too and the rig bucked like a bronco, also a white knuckle event.

I can't ay these are problems causes by the RE parts apposed to any other lift or even stock, this is just my experience in a wrangler with 315's and a 2.5" lift.

sikjeep

My shop has installed hundreds of Rubicon Express lifts with very little issues. I have never seen there track bars flex.

Chadam

Was the jeep sitting on the ground when everything was torqued down??