Fabri-Cobbler Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hello everyone, I'm new around here as far as posting goes, but I've been lurking and learning a lot from you all! I'm currently in the middle of an SoA in the rear and doing a 5.5" lift in the front. I received my Iro Double-Shear Trackbar and bracket today. As I went to install the bracket I noticed the holes were about 1/4 to 3/8 above the holes in the uniframe. That is if the bottom bolts are tightened. Anyone ran into this before? My thoughts are to just drill new holes, unsure of how that's gonna change the geometry though. My Comanche is an '86 model if that's relavent to the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee21490 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Welcome to CC! I had a little issue mounting mine awhile ago, I ended up just lining it up, Drilling it out & Putting m14 bolts through it. You're talking about the drop bracket double shear, Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabri-Cobbler Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Thank you! Good to know, at least someone has had similar trouble. That was my plan to fix the problem, just wanted to make sure that idea would work lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I can honestly say I have bought and installed 5 of these double shear kits and never have had a problem. 88MJ-2001XJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hello everyone, I'm new around here as far as posting goes, but I've been lurking and learning a lot from you all! I'm currently in the middle of an SoA in the rear and doing a 5.5" lift in the front. I received my Iro Double-Shear Trackbar and bracket today. As I went to install the bracket I noticed the holes were about 1/4 to 3/8 above the holes in the uniframe. That is if the bottom bolts are tightened. Anyone ran into this before? My thoughts are to just drill new holes, unsure of how that's gonna change the geometry though. My Comanche is an '86 model if that's relavent to the issue. Shim the bottom with 3/8 plate........instead of drilling new holes which will weaken the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue XJ Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 He is drilling holes in the track bar bracket not the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee21490 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Thank you! Good to know, at least someone has had similar trouble. That was my plan to fix the problem, just wanted to make sure that idea would work lol. Did you put in the top bolts loose & Tighten the bottoms all the way? Might suck it up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabri-Cobbler Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Thanks for all the ideas guys. I'll take all of them and study more on it when I get the chance. This has been a slow process lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I have that bracket on my MJ and also on my daughter's XJ. Bolt holes lined up perfectly on both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabri-Cobbler Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 I finally got a chance to go mess around with it today. I measured my factory and Iro's bracket. Measurements are from the flat plate that sits against the bottom of the frame. Factory bracket measures 4 3/4" to the upper holes. Iro measures 5 1/8". I called Iro and their bracket is correct, Jason said he went and measured one off the shelf. If I place a 3/8 plate for a shim between their bracket and the frame the bracket hits perfect. So I suppose I'll go this route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbeatlefan Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Hi there. I was wondering if you got the bracket figured out. I have one of our double shear track bars on my 87 MJ and I didn't have any issues with the bracket fitting. Just curious as to what you end up doing to make it fit. My name is Patrick and I'm one of the designers at Iron Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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