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Thread: Trac Bar question
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03-07-2011 #1Registered User
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Trac Bar question
Looking to help out with wheel hop on the cheap. Since I installed 3.73 and an eaton posi, the truck wheel hops pretty bad on concrert. Cal Tracs are nice, but 400 isnt so nice. A quick search shows something pretty simple and basically the same thing w/o the adjustability and almost no ride quality loss.
What do you guys think? anyone here run something similar? The Ford Ligthing owners speak highly of these types of traction improvers
heres an article:
http://www.timskelton.com/lightning/...ction_bars.htm
and some photos from it:
From the threads ive been reading, it completly gets rid of the axle wrap which is the problem im having.
the attached photo is the Rancho trac bar... cant find any links to the product but this is the layout I intend to replicate on my truck... with the bar being either single adjustable or double...
clint
so if the bar is mounted to the bottom of the axle with a rubber busing and attached to the frame the same way would that impare suspension travel.. howver much it moves?
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03-09-2011 #2The old Camaros had a link like that I think maybe even some of the original Shelby/Mustangs. The issue is similar to using a ladder bar setup on a leaf spring. The length of the bar has to be the same as the front half of the leaf or you will get bind. As the rear axle moves up and down the arcs are not simialr if they are different and they can fight each other. The old drag guys using a ladder setup used a "floater" setup on the axle to leaf spring to allow the axle to move around and not bind. Probably not the trick for any cornering.
03-09-2011 #3