RedneckJeep

That's what I meant when I said "minute".

BLKRUBI

Same here. I bought front and rear Superlift bars to go with my Skyjacker lift. I did not use the bracket that came with the rear bar after I did some measuring and figured that it would be within Superlift's toloerances. No problems. I've read the same thing with some of the other manufactuer's bars. Some (Teraflex and maybe FT) reccommed the drop bracket for 4" or more so it seemed. Which the drop bracket is always better than the riser, but I've never heard of the BD/Superlift bracket causing the factory bracket to fail like the Skyjacker or Fabtech.

Renegade

I'm just going to disagree with you on this one and leave it at that.

RedneckJeep

Ok. Nuthing wrong with that.

08 Unlimited

Is there one similar to this for the rear also?

bOLsAK=3

I bought the Superlift track bar by itself because of the price. They work, and I don't have any issues, and that's all that matters to me.

I also left the riser bracket off for fear of axle breakage. With the money I saved a drop bracket is easily obtainable and I'll still be saving over other brands.

Renegade

There have been drop brackets on the "for sale" forum at very reasonable prices. Check it out if you still want one. I even have an extra one I might consider trading for something.

JKsJK

Can you help me understand the drop bracket? Isn't the drop bracket the part that attaches on the passanger side? If the Superlift track bar (or any other adjustable) reaches the two factory connections without brackets, why the need for the bracket? Just trying to understand. I currently have a Skyjacker 2.5, with the driver side relocation bracket and was thinking that I should avoid brackets on either side.

Renegade

In order to have the "perfect" suspension geomerty, your track bar should be horizontal to the ground when the Jeep is sitting on flat ground, or half way through the cycle. This allows for the least amount of lateral movement when the suspension cycles. Acheiving a horizontal position may not actually be practical due to clearance issues. With a steep angle on the track bar, the axle will acually move in an arc when the suspension compresses or unloads. This is partly why you get bump-steer in the front. To reduce this effect, a track bar bracket is used to bring the suspension more in line with what it was from the factory. THe factory track bar bracket is weak and is prone to failure with an axle mounted riser bracket. The frame mounted brackets are stronger but may cause clearance issues with the rear passenger side shock. There are shock relocation brackets to solve this issue as well.

bOLsAK=3

Yes the drop bracket attaches to the passenger side.

If you'll look at the picture of my track bar below you'll see that it has been extended substantially. It is also pointing in more of a downward angle. Well, as the bar drops further, the further it will pull to the passenger side as it goes. If you were to give the bar a more horizontal angle then you could have less pulling over a larger range of motion. So the drop bracket essentially accomplishes this, and does so in a much more secure mounting area than does the riser brackets.