{"id":214,"date":"2008-09-30T00:07:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T07:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gummycarbs.com\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2008-09-30T00:07:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T07:07:23","slug":"1995-grand-cherokee-track-bar-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/30\/1995-grand-cherokee-track-bar-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"1995 Grand Cherokee Track Bar Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to eliminate a front-end clunk when steering, I installed a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockauto.com\/dbphp\/prt,11,DS1235\">Moog track bar<\/a>.  The toughest part of the process is removing the ball joint from the frame mount.  The ball joint is pressed into a tapered hole in the bracket, and this bracket makes it impossible to use a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lisle-41900-Pitman-Arm-Puller\/dp\/B0009OR91K\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=automotive&amp;qid=1222758118&amp;sr=8-1\">pitman arm puller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ball-Joint-Pickle-Fork-Separator\/dp\/B000BHNZRM\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=automotive&amp;qid=1222758151&amp;sr=1-1\">pickle fork (or &#8220;ball joint separator&#8221;)<\/a> must be used.  I found that the only way to get sufficient impact was to use wire cutters and snip away the rubber boot.  Then, by either removing the driver&#8217;s side wheel or turning it to the left, it&#8217;s possible to get the pickle fork at a good angle on the joint.  This gave me enough room to get the four-pound sledge hammer up to speed, and the joint popped free after a couple of whacks.<\/p>\n<p>When installing or removing the trackbar, it&#8217;s important to raise the body of the vehicle, then adjust the relative height of the axle using a jack.  This allows you to align the axle-side mount correctly, avoiding unnecessary interference and friction.  Without this step, it will be easy to snap the bolt.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/gummycarbs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/jeeptrackbarreplacement1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8\" title=\"Jeep Trackbar Replacement\" src=\"http:\/\/gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/jeeptrackbarreplacement1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/jeeptrackbarreplacement1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/jeeptrackbarreplacement1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/jeeptrackbarreplacement1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to eliminate a front-end clunk when steering, I installed a new Moog track bar. The toughest part of the process is removing the ball joint from the frame mount. The ball joint is pressed into a tapered hole in the bracket, and this bracket makes it impossible to use a pitman arm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,15],"tags":[24,25,35,38,43,54,55,56,57],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-jeep","category-steering","tag-ball-joint","tag-balljoint","tag-grand-cherokee","tag-jeep","tag-pickle-fork","tag-track-bar","tag-trackbar","tag-trakbar","tag-zj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gummycarbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}