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track bar/panhard question on lifted XJ

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track bar/panhard question on lifted XJ

Post by xjstevie »

hi all
would like to know if there is anybody with info on doing a panhard/track bar on a rhd xj. i am about to do a RC 6.5" lift and the bar i received with the kit will not work on the right hand drive susp.
can i cut the upper joint off, drill and tap it to take a heim joint, modify the bracket to accept the heim or what (to make bar adjustable)?
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Post by boggedjeeper »

You'll need a rhd track bar for it to work. LHD don't bend round the diff, rhd need to.
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Post by xjstevie »

i know that but would like to know what guys riding rhd's have done to overcome this as here in South Africa nothing is available and stuff has to be manufactured at the engineering or at home and just thought that there might be a good recipe to do it.
thx so far
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Post by dave123bikes »

The best way around it is cut your old one in half and put left and right treads on it and a spacer ,make it about 4" long ,this will make it adjustable for you or do the heim joint but lot more work
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Post by xjstevie »

thanks for info, will consider it
you don't perhaps have any pix of any RHD XJ's suspension lifts there in Aus. here we don't have that many and lifting them has actually just taken off so we are still a little in the dark here. I have looked and have only found one or two.
thx
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Post by dave123bikes »

will take some pix of mine for you I have just over 5" lift and a trackbar that is made here in australia for rhd check out ausjeep as well.
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Post by xjstevie »

thx alot
waiting to see your pix. will have a look at ausjeep.
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Post by dave123bikes »

Sorry stevie been flat out at work I hope they help

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Post by xjstevie »

thx for the pix
they are gonna help me quite a bit. like your setup
steve
ps. no probs on the time issue, my boss got me running around aswell
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Post by xjdavid »

the stock one wont droop far enough. you can get this stuff from "Wooders Garage". I had a RHD version of the Rubicon Express trac bar bracket made and used a tracbar from wooders.
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