Not too long ago I set up some DOM steering with heims for my XJ, set up OTK. Heres the best pic I have showing it.
I had to chop off the stock swaybar mounts to everything would clear and now I need to figure out how to make my swaybars functional again.
So I bought some raised swaybar mounts a few weeks ago hoping they would clear my steering. Nope! So I notched a chunk out of them.
Now it clears my tie rod!
Now it should work, right? Not with my luck! It sits a little too far over..
I could throw a bunch of washers in that open space as shims, or cut a spacer out of a big chunk of metal to fill that space, but I dont feel comfortable with that. There would be WAY too much force put on that in turns, especially with the added leverage due to the sway bar being offset so much to the side and the weak spot I created with those big notches.
So before I throw those $45 sway bar mounts into the trash, does anybody have any idea what I can do here? Are there other swaybar options I could try out? Different style mounts? Should I just gusset the crap out of these and run them?
What did you guys do to get your swaybars back?
Parents say I need it fixed by next weekend or the jeep is getting parked and will collect dust at home while I go back up to college :hang:
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
-Kevin
I had to chop off the stock swaybar mounts to everything would clear and now I need to figure out how to make my swaybars functional again.
So I bought some raised swaybar mounts a few weeks ago hoping they would clear my steering. Nope! So I notched a chunk out of them.
Now it clears my tie rod!
Now it should work, right? Not with my luck! It sits a little too far over..
I could throw a bunch of washers in that open space as shims, or cut a spacer out of a big chunk of metal to fill that space, but I dont feel comfortable with that. There would be WAY too much force put on that in turns, especially with the added leverage due to the sway bar being offset so much to the side and the weak spot I created with those big notches.
So before I throw those $45 sway bar mounts into the trash, does anybody have any idea what I can do here? Are there other swaybar options I could try out? Different style mounts? Should I just gusset the crap out of these and run them?
What did you guys do to get your swaybars back?
Parents say I need it fixed by next weekend or the jeep is getting parked and will collect dust at home while I go back up to college :hang:
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
-Kevin