Track bar help on CJ
11-10-2003, 09:59 PM
#1
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Track bar help on CJ
I need some Track bar help for my CJ
Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
tighten the top? Any help is great.
83 CJ 8, a work in progress
http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
tighten the top? Any help is great.
83 CJ 8, a work in progress
http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:07 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I really don't know what part you are talking about....
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:07 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I really don't know what part you are talking about....
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:07 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I really don't know what part you are talking about....
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Evan wrote:
>
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:35 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I think he means the sway bar.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:35 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I think he means the sway bar.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 10:35 AM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
I think he means the sway bar.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FB0FB3B.F8B8BA79@sympatico.ca...
> I really don't know what part you are talking about....
>
> A CJ doesn't have a track bar....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Evan wrote:
> >
> > I need some Track bar help for my CJ
> >
> > Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> > nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> > pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
> >
> > Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just
tight
> > enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
> >
> > Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the
bolt turns
> > with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> > there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> > tighten the top? Any help is great.
> >
> > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
11-11-2003, 07:02 PM
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
Track Bar on a CJ? I think not. What you have is a sway bar, and it is on
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>
11-11-2003, 07:02 PM
#9
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
Track Bar on a CJ? I think not. What you have is a sway bar, and it is on
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>
11-11-2003, 07:02 PM
#10
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Re: Track bar help on CJ
Track Bar on a CJ? I think not. What you have is a sway bar, and it is on
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>
the front axle. The Track Bar gets mounted on the rear axle, and it does a
different job than the sway bar.
In any case, this is not a show stopper, that is you can safely drive the
vehicle if you are careful. I have been driving my CJ for nearly 6 years
without the swaybar, I am pretty sure you can do it for a few days while you
round up the parts you need.
"Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message
news:20031110215935.05775.00000574@mb-m27.aol.com...
> I need some Track bar help for my CJ
>
> Friday my track bar came lose (thank god I was in a parking lot). Got a
new
> nut and put it back, then I realized nether driver or passenger had the
cotter
> pin. So I was pretty disappointed.
>
> Question: how tight doses one need to get the track bar bolts? Just tight
> enough to get the cotter pin in? or as tight as I can?
>
> Question 2: the passenger side seems good and tight / solid but the bolt
turns
> with the nut. I could not tell (dressed for work with a flashlight a
night) if
> there was something underneath the track bar that needs me to hold it
while I
> tighten the top? Any help is great.
>
>
>
>
> 83 CJ 8, a work in progress
> http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html
> Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me
>