Carli Suspension Cs-Datb-1419 Track Bar

The track bar is the most important link under the front end of a straight axle, heavy-duty truck. It’s both a suspension and steering component and any deflection in the bar or wear in the bushings are immediately felt by the driver in the form of excessive steering input, floating front end, wandering, and last but certainly not least, the dreaded death wobble. Exacerbate the bar’s susceptibility to the above by lifting the truck and increasing the load while pulling the axle off-center and so completes the recipe for disaster. Enter the Carli Adjustable Track Bar. The goal, a link that deflects less than the stock bar, dampens vibrations without causing the sloppy handling associated with the stock bar, ensure service life far in excess of a factory unit while being rebuildable versus replaceable like the factory bar all while being adjustable to center the axle on leveled vehicles. Many years have seen many iterations but we have landed on a design we feel impervious to future improvement. The DATB Track Bars are 3/8 Inch wall DOM construction, FAR stronger than the brackets to which they are bolted. This wall-thickness allows the end of the bar to be threaded to accept our 1 Inch x 7/8 Inch FK Bearing Chromoly RSMX14T Heim Joint with a massive 1 Inch shank. You will see many manufacturers running thinner wall and weld-in bungs with 3/4 Inch or 7/8 Inch shank Heims as our previous generations did; running the thicker wall bar allows for more strength and one less welded joint – a potential point of failure – and the larger shank for exponentially more shear strength. You will see many manufacturers running thinner wall and weld-in bungs with 3/4 Inch or 7/8 Inch shank Heims as our previous generations did, running the thicker wall bar allows for more strength and one less welded joint – a potential point of failure – and the larger shank for exponentially more shear strength.