Leaf springs stabilizer
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Leaf springs stabilizer
Today, I was looking at my truck and i noticed that some sort of leaf stabilizer on both sides of the truck had snapped off. what are these?
the bar goes from a mount in the middle of the leaf spring, to where the leaf and the frame meet.
the mounts on the frame and leaf just sheared off, so.......do i get them from a junkyard.
please help, and thanks in advance.
the bar goes from a mount in the middle of the leaf spring, to where the leaf and the frame meet.
the mounts on the frame and leaf just sheared off, so.......do i get them from a junkyard.
please help, and thanks in advance.
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it is on the rear, they kind of remind me of some sort of sway bar. they attach at the mount on the front of the rear leaf-springs, and then have a pivot joint that attatches to the center of the leaf spring. my dad says it keeps the rear-end in place when you gas it.
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It almost sounds like you're describing an overload spring or helper spring but I'm not sure. Do you have a swaybar also? All my truck has (and most I've worked on) is the sway bar and shock mounts. I've never seen anything else attached to the leaf spring hangers.
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torsion rod sounds right.........paralell to leafs, roughly 2 ft. long, 1 in. thick, bolts to leaf and frame?
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based on what 74fordtruck said at school today, i'm led to believe that it is an anti-wrap device. what i'm still wondering about, is am i ok driving with them broken. are they stock or not?
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I think Beartracks is right... Sounds like an aftermarket traction bar that mounts to the top of the spring. Like this one... They are not stock - you could remove/repair/replace them.
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your link didnt work but imagine this is what you found. Turns out it is a traction bar, and luckily i dont need them, but i am going to get new ones.
i finally got a pic online, but then i found this one, but i thought i would add my cryptic pic as well. Thats pretty rad that my truck can snap those things just from lightn' them up.
i finally got a pic online, but then i found this one, but i thought i would add my cryptic pic as well. Thats pretty rad that my truck can snap those things just from lightn' them up.
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