Best adjustable Trac bar

capt dong · Feb 15, 2016

Whats the benefit of the ball joint elimination kit? Anything bad about it?

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

Truck is current stock but I would like to level 2.5. But need to get this problem fixed first. I like the design of the baja customs bar. It looks to be a very solid design. I have read of problems that people had with the icons pulling apart at the sleeve.

MadDiesel73 · Feb 15, 2016

Contact jared at midwest diesel for best price on ouo joint. Much better pricing.

Id personaly stay away from icon.

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

That is what I have hear about icons to. The baja custom looks like a very solid design. Read somewhere else a guy had 100k on the baja design and had no problem yet. If need be you could replace the uniball design for 63 bucks.

weekendwarriorfsw32 · Feb 15, 2016

Another vote for the OUO track bar joint.

Towerguy · Feb 15, 2016

Zmann said:
five hundred for this ?/

Those zipties are black so they are probably UV rated.

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

Zmann do you recall what deg your caster is set at. They say mine is in perfect alignment to factory specs. In the end I would just like to go with 2.5 level and prob 20x12 with 33s. And looking at mickey thompson atz's. Talked to the guys at pmf he said he wouldn't recommend the track bar on a factory truck. He said caster is the problem.

MadDiesel73 · Feb 15, 2016

3-4 degrees stock 4-5 degrees 2.5 lift.

Layson · Feb 15, 2016

So you have death wobble? Have you nailed down exactly what is wrong with your truck? Maybe I missed it above...

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

I my self have not no. It's still under warranty so it goes to the dealer for everything been there 3 times already and said nothing is bent broke loose worn or out of range. And it's suppose to go back wenesday.

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

MadDiesel73 said:
3-4 degrees stock 4-5 degrees 2.5 lift.

Is this what you are currently set at? Zmann said he was running 8 inches of lift on the factory track bar and joint.

MadDiesel73 · Feb 15, 2016

Im at 4.5 degrees.

Layson · Feb 15, 2016

13farm said:
I my self have not no. It's still under warranty so it goes to the dealer for everything been there 3 times already and said nothing is bent broke loose worn or out of range. And it's suppose to go back wenesday.

Yep I would keep going back there....make them deal with it...LOL

Has it done it since you have gone to the dealer? or did it just do it once?

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

Yes they first told me tire pressure I called bull $hit. Took it back again they said nothing ring tires are fine we can't get it to do it. Took it back again they said everything is fine only thing we can do is align it and that will cost you. So I took it to the reputable shop down the street and paid 25 dollars for alignment check instead of dealership 115. And they said it was spot on. So went back to dealership and they are baffled. So they called ford's tech hotline and this was ford's response. See picture in next post

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

Friday night you would have thought the cab was gonna fall off it was so bad. Went and drove over the same spot 15 times tonight trying to duplicate it with video camera and it never did.

Breaking Habits · Feb 15, 2016

Zmann said:
holy crap that would be pushing a grand

five hundred for this ?/

I mean this in the nicest way possible.

This is a joint that is universal and can be placed on top of the axle on a lifted truck to make the track rod angle much more desirable.

This is not a cheapo ready lift or moog part

Our joint manufacturer is one of the best in the world, and the joints alone is over 50% of the cost of this. You should talk to some people who've ran them, and get personal reviews of how much they change how the truck drives. People who've bought them, and removed their dual steering stabilizer kits and the trucks no longer death wobble like before, such as Pete Schafer

Plus they are 399.00, not 500.00.

You have to also put into perspective how cheap of insurance that is on a part that fails so commonly on these trucks, be it catastrophic failure, or premature excessive wear

My truck almost threw me off the road when my joint failed last fall.

Just offering some insight.

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

Breaking Habits said:
I mean this in the nicest way possible.

This is a joint that is universal and can be placed on top of the axle on a lifted truck to make the track rod angle much more desirable.

This is not a cheapo ready lift or moog part

Our joint manufacturer is one of the best in the world, and the joints alone is over 50% of the cost of this. You should talk to some people who've ran them, and get personal reviews of how much they change how the truck drives. People who've bought them, and removed their dual steering stabilizer kits and the trucks no longer death wobble like before, such as Pete Schafer

Plus they are 399.00, not 500.00.

You have to also put into perspective how cheap of insurance that is on a part that fails so commonly on these trucks, be it catastrophic failure, or premature excessive wear

My truck almost threw me off the road when my joint failed last fall.

Just offering some insight.

Just curious as to what the warranty is on this part. Does it carry one?

Breaking Habits · Feb 15, 2016

13farm said:
Just curious as to what the warranty is on this part. Does it carry one?

We guarantee our parts not to fail due to a manufacturing defect. We had one fail on a customers truck due to improper installation a month back and still replaced the unit.

13farm · Feb 15, 2016

I've tried to look up some info on this because this could possibly be a part I could get the dealer to install since it's still using the factory track bar. Is their a page or something that I could show them about it to give them more info and give them a better understand of how it works and install?