I went with the Rancho because of most of those reasons, but more for this; the only reason that bearing is really needed is because of stress on the pitman arm due to LARGE tires. IF you have 38's or larger you would want hydro steer anyway and that bearing would be moot. Now if your banging rocks on 37's then yeah I could possibly see the need, but again, I would probably just do hydro steer.
Not neccissarily, it just helps add rgidity to the frame and that part of the track bar. If you have bigger tires and the aluminum box you can see deflection a bit when trying to turn the wheels on the box and where its mounted, this helps eliminate that. Also bumps can cause it to move a bit too causing more feedback. So it wont tighten steering per say, it helps get rid of excess deflection and unwanted movements
You can definitely feel a difference with it on when your on 37s. But not like adjusting stabilizer tighter or increasing caster.
If only the frame reinforcement and the brace could be installed independently, we'd know exactly what each piece brings to the table.
Already having a synergy rear track bar, I added both the relocation/reinforcement axle side bracket and the frame side reinforcement. Raising the roll center eliminated a lot of the tail wag. But the reinforcements caused the surprising domino affect of a tighter and more precise feel to the steering. Adding rigidity to the rear axle largely reduced the size and number of steering corrections needed to hold my line on the road. I suspect the same would happen in the front. Not at all a targeted change, but more of an overall feeling of being more planted and sure-footed.
All valid concerns, but the clearance holes where the brace bolts to the bracket will compensate for all associated tolerances. Just as long as they are the last to be tightened.
Actually the holes do have bushings in them, they are just internal and you can’t see them like you could on the TJ’s.
I've yet to install a track bar reinforcement on the front, so I was just going by a thread on this forum from a couple years back. Some members were blaming box and track bar deflection on the hollow frame, and how bushings spanning from the inner to outer walls would give the 4 bolts something to clamp against and add rigidity. I finally got around to ordering a bracket, so now I'm curious to put eyes in there.
They are in there. I have cut a few of these frames apart in that area. The frame is also Ultra High Strength steel, so it’s roughly 3x’s stronger than the TJ frame or even the JK frame. We have a Mojave in one of the shops right now I was working with a tech on yesterday. The front rails were swayed 7mm to the right from a collision. We have close to 10 tons of pressure on the ram on the frame rack and could barely get it to move. When we did we released the pressure and it sprung back to almost exactly where it was. We are actually replacing the frame on it now. These things are stout.
