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spartakus · 12-09-2013, 10:03 AM

Good luck.

The bars need to be .75" longer to work w/ even thread spacing(s) on the adjusters. They were going to send me "special length" longer bars but, sent bars that were way too long. I ended up just moving the front brackets back about .75", so as to leave the axle centered correctly (which btw works out w/ the rear fender placement and their "rear frame to axle tube measurements". Moving the brackets back is a pain due to the increasing taper in the frame.

Between the front and rear kit - I had several issues beyond this also. Bottom line is (at least for me), this was a case of "you gotta figure out a lot of this on your own" vs not exactly plug and play.

Let me know if I can help w/ anything else.

solidaxel · 12-09-2013, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by spartakus

Good luck.

The bars need to be .75" longer to work w/ even thread spacing(s) on the adjusters. They were going to send me "special length" longer bars but, sent bars that were way too long. I ended up just moving the front brackets back about .75", so as to leave the axle centered correctly (which btw works out w/ the rear fender placement and their "rear frame to axle tube measurements". Moving the brackets back is a pain due to the increasing taper in the frame.

Between the front and rear kit - I had several issues beyond this also. Bottom line is (at least for me), this was a case of "you gotta figure out a lot of this on your own" vs not exactly plug and play.

Let me know if I can help w/ anything else.

Did you find some better instructions or good guide lines to follow?

vht · 12-09-2013, 03:18 PM

My kit was purchased a few yrs ago by the guy that I bought my trk from. Apparantly there was a bracket change and they went in different places. I'm told I'm going to have to have longer, custom, bars made. My frame is boxed in so just popping them off is out of the question. My brackets appear to be cocked in at the bottom to me, but they are up against the frame like they are suppose to be. This thing to is a pain if you ask me. Bars, bushings and brackets are very weak looking to me.

12-09-2013, 10:03 AM	#1
spartakus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 18	Re: TCI 4 link Good luck. The bars need to be .75" longer to work w/ even thread spacing(s) on the adjusters. They were going to send me "special length" longer bars but, sent bars that were way too long. I ended up just moving the front brackets back about .75", so as to leave the axle centered correctly (which btw works out w/ the rear fender placement and their "rear frame to axle tube measurements". Moving the brackets back is a pain due to the increasing taper in the frame. Between the front and rear kit - I had several issues beyond this also. Bottom line is (at least for me), this was a case of "you gotta figure out a lot of this on your own" vs not exactly plug and play. Let me know if I can help w/ anything else. __________________ 1948 chevy 3100

12-09-2013, 03:18 PM	#3
vht Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Brooksville Ky Posts: 531	Re: TCI 4 link My kit was purchased a few yrs ago by the guy that I bought my trk from. Apparantly there was a bracket change and they went in different places. I'm told I'm going to have to have longer, custom, bars made. My frame is boxed in so just popping them off is out of the question. My brackets appear to be cocked in at the bottom to me, but they are up against the frame like they are suppose to be. This thing to is a pain if you ask me. Bars, bushings and brackets are very weak looking to me.



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