Trac bar
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,937
Likes: 2
From: wyoming
The trick is!!
Keep it in line with driveshaft! When you get up/down travel make sure your axle wrap bar/gadget doesn't cause premature binding due to weird travel in suspension. binding in yokes and universal clearance issues. sometime in extreme situations weird spline movement in driveline if done improperly. Things to consider.
Senior User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 392
Likes: 1
From: Middletown NJ
Can I just input 1 thing...ITS NOT A TRACBAR, TRACKBAR, TRAC-BAR, or any other variation of the name, it is a ladder bar, completely different!
Trac Bar keeps the axle from going side to side, Ladder bar does also, but not nearly in the same way, and thats not the main purpose of a ladder bar in most instances.
Trac Bar keeps the axle from going side to side, Ladder bar does also, but not nearly in the same way, and thats not the main purpose of a ladder bar in most instances.
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 7,669
Likes: 2
I never said it wouldnt work in any situation.
I said it wouldnt work on a 79 F250 with 4" of lift with the stock steering box in the stock location.
It is impossible with my current setup.
Youve got a homo-ghey amount of lift and thus have a metric ****ton of room between your axle and frame/steering box.
I said it wouldnt work on a 79 F250 with 4" of lift with the stock steering box in the stock location.
It is impossible with my current setup.
Youve got a homo-ghey amount of lift and thus have a metric ****ton of room between your axle and frame/steering box.
Thread Starter
|
Postmaster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,083
Likes: 4
From: Victoria , BC
OK
O and as you say Uber gey homo lift!
this was taken today.
This is my twin bro in the pic and its his truck we built with pretty much all the same stuff as mine like 1 tons,4 wheel discs with hydro boost,hydro assist with high steer,all 1350 driveshafts, roll cage,power windows, new superduty seats and so on...
I'll admit this one is too big but its now on the road and its so much fun to bomb around in! Everyone yells out stuff constantly and gives thumbs ups. But its homo gey..
O and as you say Uber gey homo lift!
this was taken today.
This is my twin bro in the pic and its his truck we built with pretty much all the same stuff as mine like 1 tons,4 wheel discs with hydro boost,hydro assist with high steer,all 1350 driveshafts, roll cage,power windows, new superduty seats and so on...
I'll admit this one is too big but its now on the road and its so much fun to bomb around in! Everyone yells out stuff constantly and gives thumbs ups. But its homo gey..
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 5,121
Likes: 1
From: Springfield, VA
Wow if he ever took that thing off road, the 1st thing to get ripped off would be those step ladders he bolted to the floor pans. But by seeing how clean it is I can tell it's just a pavement pounding mall crawler.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
Thread Starter
|
Postmaster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,083
Likes: 4
From: Victoria , BC
Its a cool truck and its built to the **** with nice stuff. Yeah its not ideal by any means but like I said its fun to cruise in. As for ladders they're pretty slick actually. They swing up underneath and latch to the frame. Connected to the latch is a thin cable running down a tiny pulley out through the bottom corner of door that is nearly impossible to see so when the door is opened about 7/8 of the way it pulls the lever and it swings down nicely locking it in. everything is homebrew except the hinges
Thread Starter
|
Postmaster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,083
Likes: 4
From: Victoria , BC
heres a couple more....
my neice decided to pose as I took pics..lol
O those checkerplate flares are on sliders. right now they are all the way in but they slide out to cover the whole tire. They will be hooked up on a electric actuator rod to control from cab soon. He's building the front ones right now then we're going to town to the beer store,then to the lake.
bad pic but interior is just as nice as outside. It just missing the gauge surround as of now
my neice decided to pose as I took pics..lol
O those checkerplate flares are on sliders. right now they are all the way in but they slide out to cover the whole tire. They will be hooked up on a electric actuator rod to control from cab soon. He's building the front ones right now then we're going to town to the beer store,then to the lake.
bad pic but interior is just as nice as outside. It just missing the gauge surround as of now
Thread Starter
|
Postmaster
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,083
Likes: 4
From: Victoria , BC
yeah. He got them a year ago with 90/95% tred for $2000 CND. I ran them on my truck and they run Very smooth surprisingly even with no internal balancing. Front ones run a 2.5" wheel spacer so the thing is driveable. Otherwise it hits the leaf pack pretty good. Steering and brakes are not a problem after the upgrades. It drives nice. Its nice to see this thing move after sitting at my house for over a year. All it needed was brakes bled and a coil. My bro is just a lazy *** and put it off until last weekend..
