Track Bar Fractured

[Daveckelley]

Looks like it was fractured a while ago, this photo is 5 years old.

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[InvertedLogic]

This is a textbook bending fatigue failure. You can clearly see the crack initiation point and the 'beach marks' as the crack propagated over time up until the point of ultimate failure. Neat stuff.

Corrosion induced fatigue for sure

 

[Stan H]

Doesn’t fit, no abrupt sideways blow. First weekend off road was the worst abuse of front end. Hit a big hole at 25 mph (collapsed drain pipe) knock the front end out of alignment badly. Had it realigned. They did a poor job, put rough country upgrade steering stabilizer. When I noticed extreme tire wear. Took it again for alignment- then got the death wobble. Upgraded steering stabilizer to double fox. Found the bushing of the rough country stabilizer, pulled out. Installed the Double Fox, alls good- no more death wobble. Then slowly backing up pop goes the arm.

No cut, stress fracture. Took place at the apex of the bend in the tube. On a photo that I posted with the rough country stabilizer I think I can see a small crack where the fracture took place.

Definitely not cut. Looking back at the old photos specifically the one I took after installing the rough country stabilizer I think I see a crack.

Yep I can see the crack.

 

[Gvsukids]

OP you need to clear things up.

As said Mopar doesn't make a 6" lift kit. Do you have a 6" lift kit or was that a typo?

6" with 34" would be bazar.

So I'm guessing it was a typo. In that case a break like yours with a Mopar 2" kit is just one them weird well crap things.

Still no answer on that.

 

[Rusty PW]

I'm on my laptop now. I can see the crack in the paint.

But what I don’t understand. There is no rust on the break. Normally you would have some rust in the break area if it started 5 yrs ago.

 

[Daveckelley]

I hit a really deep hole off roading- where an old drainage pipe from the 1930’s had given way near an old Dam I fish near. It really knocked my alignment off. The Jeep dealer did a lousy job at realignment which caused me to upgrade my steering stabilizers. A year later I discovered

Still no answer on that.

I Was told when I purchased the jeep the lift was a Mopar lift so it was able to have factory warranty. He said it was a 6 inch lift, as has been pointed out mopar doesn’t sell one, just a 2 inch.

terrible tire wear. The dealership said whoever aligned your Jeep did a terrible job. I then told him your shop did the realignment- so knocked $50 off the bill. After that visit to realign my truck I began to get the death wobble. So I took it to another Jeep dealer and they said it was the fact that I had installed aftermarket steering stabilizers. I took it back to the place that misaligned it and they said the same thing. So not knowing what else to do (besides sell it) I ordered better Steering stabilizers. And that’s when I discovered (see attached) the bushing on one of the Rough Country failed(or was pulled out while they realigned it?) . After installing the Fox Steering stabilizers I haven’t had a death wobble. Now a fractured front track arm.

 

[D_JT]

That dual steering stabilizer is doing more harm than good. Its masking other issues you need to address. Other than the obvious.

Also, it looks like you have a MOPAR 2" lift.

 

[rharr]

Maybe go talk to a place that isn't full of dealer monkeys and try a different zoo?

Quick google search lists these guys as having 4x4 experience near by oceanside.
https://www.4xoff-road.com/contact
and these guys
https://www.djautodoctors.com/Oceanside-4x4-services.html

Maybe they can offer better advise and help sort out what you have/broke.

Currently you are just firing the parts cannon without even knowing what you have or how it works.

 

[Stan H]

Maybe go talk to a place that isn't full of dealer monkeys and try a different zoo?

Quick google search lists these guys as having 4x4 experience near by oceanside.
https://www.4xoff-road.com/contact
and these guys
https://www.djautodoctors.com/Oceanside-4x4-services.html

Maybe they can offer better advise and help sort out what you have/broke.

Currently you are just firing the parts cannon without even knowing what you have or how it works.

Firing line is live !!!🦾

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Has the suspension been cycled to verify the track bar isn't hitting something?

2 shops were wrong telling you your death wobble was caused by the steering stabilizers you installed. Death wobble is never caused by a steering stabilizer which is just a shock. A shock cannot cause violent oscilations like death wobble.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Took it again for alignment- then got the death wobble. Upgraded steering stabilizer to double fox. Found the bushing of the rough country stabilizer, pulled out. Installed the Double Fox, alls good- no more death wobble.

Goofy thing is - it's said the stabilizers fixed the DW - no, they mask and absorb it. .the reason, the root cause, is still there.

Sorry, you put a band aid on it - you need to find the cause of the DW.

Find a shop that knows something.

 

[Stan H]

Goofy thing is - it's said the stabilizers fixed the DW - no, they mask and absorb it. .the reason, the root cause, is still there.

Sorry, you put a band aid on it - you need to find the cause of the DW.

Find a shop that knows something.

Exactly % when the front end is correct. The steering stabilizer shock can be completely removed and it will not wobble .
I aint staying not to have it on there it is needed for bridge approaches bad potholes etc.. but it does as ShadowsPapa said NOTHING to stop DW. It is to stabilize steering wheel steer when you hit a big bump.
There I said it 3 ways from Sunday

 

[Wheelin98TJ]

Exactly % when the front end is correct. The steering stabilizer shock can be completely removed and it will not wobble .
I aint staying not to have it on there it is needed for bridge approaches bad potholes etc.. but it does as ShadowsPapa said NOTHING to stop DW. It is to stabilize steering wheel steer when you hit a big bump.
There I said it 3 ways from Sunday

It seems the shops OP went to also think the stabilizer can cause death wobble. Not only that it prevents it, but it also causes it. Crazy.

...After that visit to realign my truck I began to get the death wobble. So I took it to another Jeep dealer and they said it was the fact that I had installed aftermarket steering stabilizers. I took it back to the place that misaligned it and they said the same thing.

 

[Daveckelley]

Has the suspension been cycled to verify the track bar isn't hitting something?

2 shops were wrong telling you your death wobble was caused by the steering stabilizers you installed. Death wobble is never caused by a steering stabilizer which is just a shock. A shock cannot cause violent oscilations like death wobble.

That’s what I thought, but once I replaced the damaged one (rough country) all was good no more death wobble. I think I injured this track bar when I hit a huge hole. And it finally fractured.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

That’s what I thought, but once I replaced the damaged one (rough country) all was good no more death wobble.

It's masking it. The CAUSES are still there. Eventually, the stabilizer will wear out due to the cause still being there.
It's like painkiller and a bandaid on an infected wound - you don't feel the pain or see the wound, but it's still there, festering under the surface.

Don't be fooled.

Look up the name "Norm Layton" - he said this -

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