Motobilt diff covers and rear track bar - any contact?

[tCub]

So I installed (and absolutely love) Motobilt front and rear diff cover - M186/M200 respectively. They're crazy solid and look great painted red.

I haven’t wheeled yet but just an observation - anyone have any issues with the rear track bar contacting the diff cover?

I have 2.5” lift and I’m installing Falcon shocks later this week... I’m looking at the presumed additional down travel and wondering now if that could be a problem.

So anyone running these with any sort of lift and longer shocks have any contact issues? Did you do anything with your rear track bar?

Not worried about the front as I already replaced the track bar and can see there’s plenty of clearance.

Thanks in advance!

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[rustyshakelford]

We have zero clearance issues with ours and MC or RK track bars

Brett

 

[tCub]

Cool, thanks! So I have stock track bar in the rear and no relocation bracket or anything.

Just to be clear - you have no issues with the Motobilt cover and an aftermarket rear track bar?

 

[rustyshakelford]

Cool, thanks! So I have stock track bar in the rear and no relocation bracket or anything.

Just to be clear - you have no issues with the Motobilt cover and an aftermarket rear track bar?

Correct

Brett

 

[tCub]

Correct

Brett

Another dumb question then, does your new rear track bar have any different a bend than the OEM one?

 

[rustyshakelford]

Another dumb question then, does your new rear track bar have any different a bend than the OEM one?

I’ll try to go out to the shop and compare several them. I think the aftermarket are a little more exaggerated to ensure clearance

Brett

 

[tCub]

Thanks for the feedback, Brett - and if you do confirm shape of the bend, that’d be awesome.

@Motobilt - any feedback?

 

[D60]

Yeah the MC rear track bar and stock rear are considerably different. The MC allows for a lot more diff clearance I'd say

 

[D60]

Here's the stocker, just a dip for exhaust clearance

 

[D60]

Here's my MC, it dips for exhaust then humps over the cover area

 

[D60]

Or, from another thread, if ya wanna see what happens when a "competent local" shop installed another board member's upside down, ya get this.

Scrolling thru his pics I didn't even notice but @rustyshakelford caught it right away

 

[rustyshakelford]

Or, from another thread, if ya wanna see what happens when a "competent local" shop installed another board member's upside down, ya get this.

Scrolling thru his pics I didn't even notice but @rustyshakelford caught it right away

Unfortunately it’s a common mistake! Glad it was caught and corrected!

Brett

 

[D60]

Now I haven't handled any of the RK stuff so I can't speak to their track bar(s), but I'd ASSume they did some clearance bends, also.

 

[tCub]

Awesome, thanks for the feedback! I’m going to try it out stock this weekend... new shocks are going on tomorrow so I’ll just find out I guess! Not worried about damaging the diff cover....

I did a little flexing in my back yard and I think maybe that track bar doesn’t move as much as I thought. I flex as best as I could and it looked like it had plenty of clearance. I also read first hand accounts of wheeling with the Falcon shocks I’m installing tomorrow and I hear it doesn’t actually add much droop in the rear - more in the front.

I’ll definitely keep eye out Saturday and will report back! For science!

 

[SHYUperman]

My front RK trackbar is making contact with the front diff cover. I'm running the RK 2.5" xfactor lift with Falcon 3.3s

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