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Trac Bar Control Arm HELP ASAP

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Old 01-17-2009 | 01:52 PM
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I bought and am installing Teraflex control arms and JKS trac bar. After installing the rear control arms both my JKS trac bar and stock trac bar are now hitting. I have a slight bow in the springs and the control arms are fully retracted . Is there something I'm doing wrong I NEED HELP it's in the air at a friends house.
Old 01-17-2009 | 02:06 PM
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I bought and am installing Teraflex control arms and JKS trac bar. After installing the rear control arms both my JKS trac bar and stock trac bar are now hitting. I have a slight bow in the springs and the control arms are fully retracted . Is there something I'm doing wrong I NEED HELP it's in the air at a friends house.
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Old 01-17-2009 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lc619fr
I bought and am installing Teraflex control arms and JKS trac bar. After installing the rear control arms both my JKS trac bar and stock trac bar are now hitting. I have a slight bow in the springs and the control arms are fully retracted . Is there something I'm doing wrong I NEED HELP it's in the air at a friends house.
whats hitting?

whats it like sitting on the ground?
Old 01-17-2009 | 02:16 PM
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Sorry the trac bar is hitting the passanger side spring it's hittin that way both on the ground and while in the air
Old 01-17-2009 | 02:37 PM
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I had the same problem and my spring was not seated correctly. I had to loosen damn near everything to rotate it, once done no problems at all.

How much longer than stock are your lower arms, 3/8" is a bunch, and rotating the pinion (for the driveshaft) can make it seem worse but once you get everything seated properly it shouldn't be any trouble.
Old 01-17-2009 | 02:39 PM
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The track bar is hitting the spring? They shouldn't even be remotely close unless your jeep is completely different than mine. Put up a picture of your setup.
Old 01-17-2009 | 04:32 PM
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The rear trac bar is fairly close. Thanks Edwin I will give that a shot it was about 1/2 in off to what I consider a safe distance between the two.
Old 01-17-2009 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lc619fr
The rear trac bar is fairly close. Thanks Edwin I will give that a shot it was about 1/2 in off to what I consider a safe distance between the two.
Yeah, mine went "BONG" when I lowered the rear end down the first time.
Then I saw the spring was 45 degrees rotated the wrong way (user installation error), rotated it back and forced the top with the isolator and spacer over about 1/2" to where they should have been and it's been fine ever since.
I had to disconnect the OME shock (short travel model), the wires (unplugged the holders), the sway bar link, and the brake line bracket (I have extended Crown brake lines), and track bar to get the thing to droop enough (3-4" past the shock limit) to rotate the spring.
Man, OME long travel shocks and massive droop here I come!
Think I would add Currie spring retainer kit (as suggested by David at Northridge).




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