rear traction bar mount location
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just another Rockwell looser
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rear traction bar mount location
heres some tech for yall.....
i'll be building my rear traction bars sooner than later and im wondering what is the best position on the rear axle to mount my tabs...
1. On the top
2. On the bottom
3. straight in line with bar?
ive heard the bottom is the best, but you loose ground clearance....im not to worried about the ground clearance b/c of the bigass tires ill be running....
i'll be building my rear traction bars sooner than later and im wondering what is the best position on the rear axle to mount my tabs...
1. On the top
2. On the bottom
3. straight in line with bar?
ive heard the bottom is the best, but you loose ground clearance....im not to worried about the ground clearance b/c of the bigass tires ill be running....
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just another Rockwell looser
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oh and i dont know if this matters but the top part of the traction bar will be mounted to my subframe (14" lower than frame)
heims on the frame end and bushing on the axle...
heims on the frame end and bushing on the axle...
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check out mine in my picasa gallery in my sig. i have one on both my powerstroke and my bronco, holding up great with all the flex in the world. heck i have the ladder bar mounted when i took the pic of my bronco ticked out on my trailer in my sig.
kubota has some as well i believe
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kubota has some as well i believe
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From: Tyler Co., West Virginia
I dont have any pics of them, but around here the tractor tire trucks usually use what looks like a three link. One from the top and one from the bottom on each side. For serious muddin, flex isnt much of a concern, unless its also a street legal truck. BTW, wtf are the lift laws in Florida?
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From: Tyler Co., West Virginia
Sorry for the confusion, it only looks like a 3 link. It has one link from the top of the axle to a crossmember, then one link on each side from the bottom of the axle to the frame. The setup is used with leaf springs. They work great but do limit flex.
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just another Rockwell looser
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oh ok....so just the reg. two traction bars....then 1 to the top of the chunk.....right?
wouldn't the top link get in the way of the driveshaft?
where on the axle would the two other links go....on the bottom, top, or center of axle???????
wouldn't the top link get in the way of the driveshaft?
where on the axle would the two other links go....on the bottom, top, or center of axle???????
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im just going to use 1 bar on each side....not like you drawn...
with no shackle....going from my drop subframe to the rearend...
i just want to know where on the rear axle should the bars be mounted?
with no shackle....going from my drop subframe to the rearend...
i just want to know where on the rear axle should the bars be mounted?
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Quad,
Im going to be building a set of traction bars like you mentioned for my D60. Just 1 bar on each side not a triangulated ladder bar like Chrono "aka paint-master" suggested (jusk kidding chrono...that was a good job!) My question is would you mount the bar inboard or outboard of the spring? I have about 2" of useable space between the brake drum and leaf spring and 1 1/2" of useable space between the leaf spring and shock mount. Its going to be tight to put a heim or bushing end between either of those places. Anything wrong with mounting the bars about half way between the center section and shock mount? Then my plan was to build a crossmember to atatch the bars to up front and maybe incorporate a drive shaft loop. What do you think?
Im going to be building a set of traction bars like you mentioned for my D60. Just 1 bar on each side not a triangulated ladder bar like Chrono "aka paint-master" suggested (jusk kidding chrono...that was a good job!) My question is would you mount the bar inboard or outboard of the spring? I have about 2" of useable space between the brake drum and leaf spring and 1 1/2" of useable space between the leaf spring and shock mount. Its going to be tight to put a heim or bushing end between either of those places. Anything wrong with mounting the bars about half way between the center section and shock mount? Then my plan was to build a crossmember to atatch the bars to up front and maybe incorporate a drive shaft loop. What do you think?
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i will be putting mine on the inside of the spring....
what i did on my dads ford to fix the problem you were having was just use the torch burn the shock brackets off and reweld them on the top or close to it and weld it back on and run a shorter shock then just have the traction bar mount where the shock mount was....worked great...
this is a crazy thought but has anyone thought of putting a shock or hydro cylinder or somting inline with the traction bar so that it would eliminate the axle wrap but yet still alow flex?
what i did on my dads ford to fix the problem you were having was just use the torch burn the shock brackets off and reweld them on the top or close to it and weld it back on and run a shorter shock then just have the traction bar mount where the shock mount was....worked great...
this is a crazy thought but has anyone thought of putting a shock or hydro cylinder or somting inline with the traction bar so that it would eliminate the axle wrap but yet still alow flex?
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From: St George, SC I-95
Originally Posted by quadzjr
i will be putting mine on the inside of the spring....
Originally Posted by quadzjr
this is a crazy thought but has anyone thought of putting a shock or hydro cylinder or somting inline with the traction bar so that it would eliminate the axle wrap but yet still alow flex?
I started working on my bars this afternoon. Ill let you know how it goes.
