Benefits of a rear trackbar relocation bracket..

[JT1]

Has anyone driven a lifted gladiator and then added a rear trackbar relocation bracket?
What does raising the rear roll center do for handling? Was it an improvement?

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[CerOf]

Makes you less tippy. Not tipsy, that’s different. ?

 

[JT1]

Makes you less tippy. Not tipsy, that’s different. ?

On-road or off? Dramatic difference?

 

[CerOf]

On-road or off? Dramatic difference?

Technically, both.

Never noticed it Offroad. On-road, seemed noticeable in clover leaf exit/on-ramps.

Enough to buy separate if not included in a kit when I may already have an adjustable trackbar? Probably not.

 

[JT1]

Technically, both.

Never noticed it Offroad. On-road, seemed noticeable in clover leaf exit/on-ramps.

Enough to buy separate if not included in a kit when I may already have an adjustable trackbar? Probably not.

That's the bit I needed to know.. I have an adjustable rear bar, but I've been trying to chase what almost feels like a rear steer issue.

 

[MCATDT]

The AEV lift I installed includes a trackbar relocation bracket. Since I did a complete lift I can't say how much the bracket individually contributed to the overall improvement in handling and road manners but the feel of the vehicle is dramatically changed. The truck feels planted and secure. Body roll and turn in response which the bracket is supposed to help with is so improved that it does not even feel like the same vehicle. When I first installed the lift I compared the feel to a german vehicle. Very highly damped (Billstein shocks) with minimal body roll. While the Glad is no where near my BMW in road manners the change in suspension feel was making it respond similarly if that makes sense.

 

[LostWoods]

Vastly overly simplified version is that roll center (as the name implies) is the point around which a vehicle rolls and each axle has its own. For a live axle with a 5-link, it's generally middleish of the track bar but the leverage is felt the hardest at the axle mount as it's the lowest pivot.

The greater the vertical distance between your center of gravity and roll center, the greater leverage that center of gravity has and the greater roll you experience in corners. A lift will obviously raise your center of gravity so by raising the roll center as well, you can negate much of this difference.

So if your ass end feels like it's lifting in corners and causing a little oversteer, the bracket is the starting point towards a solution.

To add... this gets way more complicated with vehicles that don't corner like a brick where you want to tune your over/understeer but with a Jeep you want to be roughly parallel to the ground becuased that is the angle where any vertical chassis movement has the least amount of impact on the horizontal position of the axle. With a chassis-side drop bracket you can get the bar flat but you also lower the bar and therefore, the roll center. By doing the bracket axle-side you can accomplish both raising the RC while simultaneously flattening the bar position.

 

[Orange01z28]

It made my JT with a 3.5" lift handle as well as it did with the stock suspension

Also makes room for a larger spare tire in the stock location

 

[JT1]

Ordered and installed the rockkrawler rear bracket. Other than having to drill 4 holes through 1/8th inch plate under a muddy gladiator in 100 degree heat, the install wasnt hard. The result? Bumpy, 2 lane country roads that were a white knuckle affair before are now a one handed affair that doesn't require hyper focus to stay in a narrow lane at speed. Great return on a $100 investment.

 

[Gren71]

If anyone else is interested I have one I took off.

I only have a 2in lift and the bracket took the bar from a slight downward angle from the tuck to the axle…to the axle ens being a little higher. Not sold it made any real difference for me.

If no one wants it I may chuck it back on..who knows.

 

[@californiajeeping]

Track bar relocation is to reduce the angle of the bar in relation of axle to frame. The more vertical the bar the more FELT suspension shock. The more level or flat the bar rides the less felt suspension shock.

 

[chorky]

The AEV lift I installed includes a trackbar relocation bracket. Since I did a complete lift I can't say how much the bracket individually contributed to the overall improvement in handling and road manners but the feel of the vehicle is dramatically changed. The truck feels planted and secure. Body roll and turn in response which the bracket is supposed to help with is so improved that it does not even feel like the same vehicle. When I first installed the lift I compared the feel to a german vehicle. Very highly damped (Billstein shocks) with minimal body roll. While the Glad is no where near my BMW in road manners the change in suspension feel was making it respond similarly if that makes sense.

Its a little strange that there's no bracket for the front..... do you experience any dog tracking? since AEV uses drop brackets and no real control arm adjustment?

 

[MCATDT]

Its a little strange that there's no bracket for the front..... do you experience any dog tracking? since AEV uses drop brackets and no real control arm adjustment?

The front control arm brackets are designed to alleviate any issues and actually improve the suspension geometry. I have had nothing but a positive result from this install. I did add MC track bars front and rear later on just to ensure axles were perfectly centered however the front was only off by 1/2 inch which is totally acceptable but I knew they were off and it bugged me

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