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Old 10-12-2010 | 12:47 PM
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[IMG][/IMG] the drop

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Old 10-12-2010 | 12:58 PM
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Ouch! That happened to me in the middle of a mud hole. Made for a long , exhausting day.
 
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Old 10-12-2010 | 01:13 PM
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Getting an adjustable bar won't hurt you. The drop bracket is designed to maintain stock suspension geometry, with the lift. How accurate it is, in anyone's guess. A stock bar should 'work'...... but, for the price difference, an aftermarket adjustable bar would be 'better'.
 
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Old 10-12-2010 | 02:50 PM
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Thanks for the pic's.
 
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Old 10-12-2010 | 08:51 PM
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it looks like that track bar has been welded on twice before. unless that's someone's reinforced aftermarket bar, then that gusset is a shade tree add-on.

it also looks like it has also been rewelded once before at the point its broken. there is a welding track down onto the gusset.

here's the stock bar. note no gusset.
 

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Old 10-12-2010 | 09:47 PM
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www.solidsdteel.biz has a nice looking adjustable replacement. That gusset is a death trap..
 
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Old 10-13-2010 | 04:42 AM
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Yeah it was welded before I bought the truck. stupid people always trying to do thing the cheep fast way.
 
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Old 10-13-2010 | 10:58 AM
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Bad after bad after bad. Once you get the track bar replaced, plan on spending some time and money at a good alignment and or frame shop. Given some of the "engineering" in the pics? Who knows how outta wack that fron end might be.
 



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