Nomad Nate
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- San Diego
Hello all,
So here’s the backstory. I have 1991 XJ to had little over a 3 inch when I bought it. The previous owner didn’t have receipts or much of a memory so I’m a little in the dark on the parts he used. I think however it’s a RE 1600 adjustable track bar and the stock bracket.
It creaks and makes tons of noise all the time. Everything is tight and when I hit the heim joint with some lube it quieted right up. The other consideration is the bracket has socket head bolts at the frame rail and everything I’ve read indicates this should be welded nuts with bolts going in from the bottom. There are no welded nuts on mine. When I first bought it the upper bolts that go into the bracket in the wheel well weren’t fully tight as well. No idea how long it was like that so maybe there is some wallowing out.
I’m leaning towards either replacing the heim if I can get one from RE or an IRO double shear bar and bracket. I’m just not sure if that’s necessary and also concerned about if there may be issues where the bracket mounts to the XJ. I’m fine to spend some money to do it right but also there are plenty of other things I should fix so I’m also fine with a simpler/cheaper fix. Thoughts?
So here’s the backstory. I have 1991 XJ to had little over a 3 inch when I bought it. The previous owner didn’t have receipts or much of a memory so I’m a little in the dark on the parts he used. I think however it’s a RE 1600 adjustable track bar and the stock bracket.
It creaks and makes tons of noise all the time. Everything is tight and when I hit the heim joint with some lube it quieted right up. The other consideration is the bracket has socket head bolts at the frame rail and everything I’ve read indicates this should be welded nuts with bolts going in from the bottom. There are no welded nuts on mine. When I first bought it the upper bolts that go into the bracket in the wheel well weren’t fully tight as well. No idea how long it was like that so maybe there is some wallowing out.
I’m leaning towards either replacing the heim if I can get one from RE or an IRO double shear bar and bracket. I’m just not sure if that’s necessary and also concerned about if there may be issues where the bracket mounts to the XJ. I’m fine to spend some money to do it right but also there are plenty of other things I should fix so I’m also fine with a simpler/cheaper fix. Thoughts?