Everyone who wheels an XJ finds out just how much force the trackbar bracket and unibody rail at that point needs to stand up to, as it usually becomes a trouble area. In order to help relieve that area of extra stress, I decided to build a trackbar brace (similar to what Rubicon Express offers) for my T&T trackbar and bracket. Here’s what the bracket looks like.
I started out by fitting a piece of 1/4″ angle to the side of the existing bracket, and drilling a hole for the existing bolt to help with alignment and tie it in better. I then welded this piece to the bracket.
It fit nicely.
So that I could easily remove the bracket if necessary, I made up another plate that would bolt to the new bracket.
I then bent up the piece of 1″ x .120″ HREW to fit, and welded both bolt on ends to it.
Then all that was left was to bolt it up (except of course painting it)
