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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 06:50 PM
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Homemade trac bars

Ivee seen countless numbers of home made traction bars but cant someone set me in the right direction for the mounts that go under the u bolts? And another thing whats better the traction bars that are over the axle or the ones that mount under it? Thanks
 
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Old Mar 16, 2017 | 10:02 AM
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Quite a few on motorhomes. I doubt there's a lot of side to side movement with the springs, but they do move the roll center up and minimize rolling in turns.
You'll want it above the diff for that. Google roll center and track bars. Don't go the direction of racers, their setup is completely different.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2017 | 02:32 PM
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What exactly are you looking at? Simple slapper bars?



Or the more exotic Caltracs?



Traction Masters?

 
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Old Mar 16, 2017 | 03:07 PM
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I'm interested too as the kits certainly seem pricier than they need to be.
 
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