Help!!! Rear sway (panhard?) bar

[Hud]

Desperate for help! Ok putting a lift on Grand Wag and am in the last steps. To make a long story short, I had to take loose the rear sway bar to line up the axle with the springs. Now I can’t get the sway bar to line up to save me. I’ve done everything I can think of. It’s about a quarter inch from lining up. I’ve tried tie down straps hammers everything I can think of, any suggestions for help to get this back on?

[SJTD]

If you lift it that bar has to be longer or the hole moved. If you force it into place you'll put a side load on the springs.

I would file the hole until it fit then weld a tight fitting washer on each side of the mount to, in effect, make a new hole in the right place. Of course you would want to make sure it's sitting level for this. Probably should drive it a bit first in case it wants to settle.

Or just leave it off.

[Stuka]

Thats the track bar. You are fine with removing it entirely. If you tow regularly, you can get a track bar extension bracket and hook it back up. But if you don't ever tow, you are unlikely to need it.

[Hud]

Thanks Stuka, I’ve also posted on several Jeep sites and the various answers were interesting. It frustrates me when I can’t figure something out for myself. I panicked wanting to have it done by the time my daughter got home. It’s off by maybe 1/4 to 1/8 inch getting it to line up. I finiallly just zip tied it out of the way and figured someone on here could help! Thank you sir!

[Hud]

SJTD, thanks for the response! I think I shall try your suggestion and if that fails I’ll toss it in my neighbors yard! Lol

[acct21]

http://www.bjsoffroad.com/Track-Bar-Rel ... _1381.html

The best $33 you'll spend trying to get that thing lined up again.