Traction Bars.
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07-16-2007, 10:19 AM
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Cheap to make too. Roughly I spent $55 on the Heims, $3 on bolts/nuts, $20 for the front brackets, and $12 for the pipes. Just under $100
I bought 10' of pipe. Had the machine shop cut them in half. Each side was 53" I believe from eye to eye, Makes each tube about 48-49".
I bought 10' of pipe. Had the machine shop cut them in half. Each side was 53" I believe from eye to eye, Makes each tube about 48-49".
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Originally Posted by BestNTx
Not true. Get a set of good traction bars and this will fix all of your problems. I'm not sure what truck your talking about doing burnouts in and having so much power that your U-joints were going to "grenade" on you but it couldn't be you 06 STX. I've got the 5.4 with an edge and an exhaust and 5" worth of blocks under my springs with no axle wrap, wheel hop.
Yea they do force themselves down to the ground. Its like when drag cars "pre-load" the rearend. Its when the tires want to go and the axle won't wrap so the backend will lift a little and force the tires into the ground.
I hope your not telling me what my truck can do, but I'll explain. When I had the little stock tires, I would do a lot of burnouts. In a strait line both tires would spin perfectly as if it was LS, and the axle would wrap and hop. The burnouts would leave patches where the tires landed, because the backend of the truck was bouncing comletly off the ground. There were 3" gaps between the black patches. I dought the stock U-joints can put up with very much of that. Manuals are different than autos
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Ballistic Fabrication has some nice heim joints with kevlar bushings that don't wear out as fast as a regular metal to metal set. they may be $30 or so each, but you won't be replacing them.... ever.
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/...p_84-1422.html
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/...p_84-1422.html
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Originally Posted by khendrix2374
Cheap to make too. Roughly I spent $55 on the Heims, $3 on bolts/nuts, $20 for the front brackets, and $12 for the pipes. Just under $100
I bought 10' of pipe. Had the machine shop cut them in half. Each side was 53" I believe from eye to eye, Makes each tube about 48-49".
I bought 10' of pipe. Had the machine shop cut them in half. Each side was 53" I believe from eye to eye, Makes each tube about 48-49".
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http://www.qscomponents.com/EconRodEndoptions.html
I can't find my reciept... but this is the place I got them.
I can't find my reciept... but this is the place I got them.
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08-28-2007, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by khendrix2374
http://www.qscomponents.com/EconRodEndoptions.html
I can't find my reciept... but this is the place I got them.
I can't find my reciept... but this is the place I got them.
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Originally Posted by MSH
Nice custom part!
Someone should be mass producing and selling these.
I'll take a set for my 1998.
Someone should be mass producing and selling these.
I'll take a set for my 1998.
