Well it looks like my 96 is almost ready for a new track bar, and I am looking at options. The replacement I am most familiar with has been the MOOG. I have always used their track bar on customer vehicles as the ball joint on it is almost twice the size of the OEM one, making me think it is a stronger, longer lasting replacement.

So, I have no problem buying the MOOG track bar, but the latest and greatest suspension company on this forum today seems to be XRF. They have a good warranty and are cheaper than MOOG. They do make a track bar for these trucks, but from the picture I don't know if the ball joint is any beefier than OEM. I haven't contacted them yet but wanted to ask if anyone had tried their track bar, or seen it, and had any comments.

Thanks,
TF

 

I went thru a couple of them..(every 3-4 months) my truck is used commercially though. so for a normal truck it "should" be OK.

maybe look into a lindstad bar or ends (kinda like a lukes link cept its weld on). way cheaper than a 3rd gen bar and bracket, I would have tried this except I found out about it after I had already installed my 3rd gen bar

http://www.bellefourche.com/lindstad/

http://dodgeram.org/tech/troubleshoot/steering.htm

 

Why not make your own ? Take the stock one and chop off the ball joint end. Weld on some chromoly tube for the urethane bushings. Chop out the stock mount and then bolt on a couple tabs onto the bushings and weld it to the frame where the stock mount use to be. The hardest part was chopping out the old frame mount.

 

Thanks for the posts, guys. Swarthy, if you've done that mod, I would love to see pics of the bar and the frame bracket, if you have any.

TF