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track bar/panhard question on lifted XJ
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:12 am
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)?
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:06 pm
by boggedjeeper
You'll need a rhd track bar for it to work. LHD don't bend round the diff, rhd need to.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:13 pm
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
steve
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:29 pm
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
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:00 am
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
Steve
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:19 am
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.
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:42 am
by xjstevie
thx alot
waiting to see your pix. will have a look at ausjeep.
Steve
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:50 am
by dave123bikes
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:28 am
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
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:44 pm
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.