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HEMI®Dart
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I installed a 0-3" lift Thuren Track bar last weekend. I am VERY happy w/ the improvement and was fairly simple to install.
Before I started I test fitted the ¾" mounting bolt in the frame end and noticed that it would not fit through the top. I grabbed a Dremel tool with a sand paper roll and ground about . 005 all around the top. Problem fixed. I think the bolt would have thread through it no problem anyhow.
I have leveling springs on the truck and wanted to center the axle (at least while it's parked). I used a come-along and the left side tow hook (front) and centered the axle under the chassis. I worked alone. I found getting the proper length on the bar was trial & error. I lined up the axle end in the mount hole and then looked to see how the frame end lined up. It has a tapered stud like the OEM bar and I wanted to get a nice straight shot to the hole. After about 5 trys it lined up nice and I was happy with it. You'll see what I mean.
The frame end tapered part on the Thuren Track bar gets thin when it ends. If you look at it the wrong way it dents in. I felt it was easier to test fit it without the bolt. The bolt would have prevented the dents. I used a big drift to fix it. Takes about 5 seconds to re-straighten.
Make sure you have some big opened end and boxed end wrenches. The lock nut on the axle end is 1¼" and the bolt head on the frame end I think was 1+". I could not get a socket to go on it. Not enough clearance between the diff cover. I had to run the bolt through the frame end w/ a wrench. The torque is 300 ft lbs at the frame end. I think I got close to it.
My steering wheel was off center about 10 minutes to the right. I adjusted the drag link and it was fixed.
The Thuren Track Bar really cleaned up the wanderering. I could not believe the improvement. And keep in mind I pulled off a still very tight, Lukes Link'd, poly bushed axle end track bar. The steering has a new "smoothness" feel to it.
I also noticed the front end has much more articulation compared to the OEM bar. I hit a dip in the road, and noticed the front really squatted like I have never felt before.
I am very pleased w/ Don's track bar. It's priced very good. It even came Painted.
If anybody has any questions feel free to ask.
http://thurenfabrication.com/
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Before I started I test fitted the ¾" mounting bolt in the frame end and noticed that it would not fit through the top. I grabbed a Dremel tool with a sand paper roll and ground about . 005 all around the top. Problem fixed. I think the bolt would have thread through it no problem anyhow.
I have leveling springs on the truck and wanted to center the axle (at least while it's parked). I used a come-along and the left side tow hook (front) and centered the axle under the chassis. I worked alone. I found getting the proper length on the bar was trial & error. I lined up the axle end in the mount hole and then looked to see how the frame end lined up. It has a tapered stud like the OEM bar and I wanted to get a nice straight shot to the hole. After about 5 trys it lined up nice and I was happy with it. You'll see what I mean.
The frame end tapered part on the Thuren Track bar gets thin when it ends. If you look at it the wrong way it dents in. I felt it was easier to test fit it without the bolt. The bolt would have prevented the dents. I used a big drift to fix it. Takes about 5 seconds to re-straighten.
Make sure you have some big opened end and boxed end wrenches. The lock nut on the axle end is 1¼" and the bolt head on the frame end I think was 1+". I could not get a socket to go on it. Not enough clearance between the diff cover. I had to run the bolt through the frame end w/ a wrench. The torque is 300 ft lbs at the frame end. I think I got close to it.
My steering wheel was off center about 10 minutes to the right. I adjusted the drag link and it was fixed.
The Thuren Track Bar really cleaned up the wanderering. I could not believe the improvement. And keep in mind I pulled off a still very tight, Lukes Link'd, poly bushed axle end track bar. The steering has a new "smoothness" feel to it.
I also noticed the front end has much more articulation compared to the OEM bar. I hit a dip in the road, and noticed the front really squatted like I have never felt before.
I am very pleased w/ Don's track bar. It's priced very good. It even came Painted.
If anybody has any questions feel free to ask.
http://thurenfabrication.com/
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