Adjustable track bar question

[MDH]

Hi all. This may be a silly question, but I can’t really find an answer on the track bar threads. After lifting my bronco with aftermarket coilovers, I’m now installing the track bar relocation bracket to bring the track bar back to horizontal. Now I understand that separately I should get an adjustable track bar if my axle isn’t centered. But how can I tell that? Am I just looking to see if my rear tires are not equidistant to the fender flares? Or is there some other way to tell?
Thanks in advance.

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[Brian_B]

Am I just looking to see my rear tires are not equidistant to the fender flares?

Pretty much

 

[87-Z28]

Not needed if your Panhard bar is near level at ride height.

 

[GI_Jo_Nathan]

Not needed if your Panhard bar is near level at ride height.

This.

 

[MDH]

Thanks guys.

 

[kodiakisland]

Eyeballing is close enough.
My bar was obviously not level after lift but came close enough after the relocation bracket.

 

[Squatch]

Not needed if your Panhard bar is near level at ride height.

This. To expound, I installed the Icon Stage 4 and my track bar (not made by the French company Panhard) was not level when I set the Bronc back on the ground. I got a track bar relocation bracket and it went back to level.

I did drive it a couple miles before I put the relocation kit on and it was "off" in a funny, noticeable way.

 

[Squatch]

Eyeballing is close enough.
My bar was obviously not level after lift but came close enough after the relocation bracket.

1000 words * 2 pictures = 2000 times better than what I was trying to describe.

 

[kodiakisland]

For me, the benefit of the adjustable track bar was the better joints that added articulation over the hard rubber ones on the factory bar.

 

[MDH]

Eyeballing is close enough.
My bar was obviously not level after lift but came close enough after the relocation bracket.

How high was your lift?

 

[kodiakisland]

How high was your lift?

Hard to say since there are so many stock suspensions that all sit at different heights.
I have Icon coilovers that probably sit an inch or so taller than sasquatch suspension. I've posted my axle to fender measurements before but can't recall what they are now.

 

[MDH]

Hard to say since there are so many stock suspensions that all sit at different heights.
I have Icon coilovers that probably sit an inch or so taller than sasquatch suspension. I've posted my axle to fender measurements before but can't recall what they are now.

Thanks. I’m putting my relocation bracket on later this week. I’ll see my what my track bar looks like now against your “before” picture. Just curious how level it will get.

 

[totaljustice]

Just get a carpenters level place it up against the fender flare so you know it's straight and measure the distance from the same spot on both sides. If the measurements are equal, then you know the Panhard Bar is set up correctly.

 

[MDH]

For me, the benefit of the adjustable track bar was the better joints that added articulation over the hard rubber ones on the factory bar.

Great point

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