Axle Hop

[mhuppertz]

Any of you guys found a "perfect" solution for axle hop? You can get torque arms for 2nd and 3rd gen, but haven't found a set for ours. Guess I could make some!

[A_port93]

a perfect solution would be coils and links to avoid hop but i think your gunna have to make a set of traction bars. the frame mounts would be easy but it just depends if you want to locate the bar to brackets off the bottom of the u bolt plate or whatever you want. but as far as i know there are no off the shelf kits. if it was me id check to see what the differences in bolt patterns are between the off the shelf kits for other trucks and steal some off one that has the same pattern. but i dont think that the frame mounts from another year truck will work cos i think just about all trucks besides ours are boxed frames post 89 or so. maybe the fullsize pre super duty fords?

[KTA]

I am pretty sure you can get caltracs for these trucks. Personally I just let my tires down and band my leaf springs together so they won't wrap.

[sdstriper]

KTA, as in metal banding used for shipping etc.?

[KTA]

No as in 2 bolts and 2 metal plates per spring pack to sandwich and clamp the leaves together. By doing that it has to try to wrap the whole spring pack instead of just the bottom couple of leaves.

[Richie O]

No as in 2 bolts and 2 metal plates per spring pack to sandwich and clamp the leaves together. By doing that it has to try to wrap the whole spring pack instead of just the bottom couple of leaves.

KTA, does that really take the wheel hop out? My 89 w250 has the smaller factory blocks and never has wheel hopped, but my 93, what little I have driven, it seems to hop bad. I want to be able to lay a patch without bustin the driveshaft out.

[mhuppertz]

I'm surprised that I didn't break something at the drags. With the large blocks on my truck I think I'm going to need a pretty thick bar going from the bottom of the axle to as far up the frame I can without ruining offroad clearance. I think I can make a set if I can figure out where to put the zerks so they won't get scaped off.

[Richie O]

I have seen the bars that go up to the frame. Some have a top and bottom bar and some have just the bottom bar. If it has only the bottom bar does that just keep the axle from moving front to back and does that alone stop axle wrap?

[gear jammer 91"]

superlift used to make traction bars that mounted on top of the axle tube and mounted to the frame for just about every thing. I ran a set on a toyota, they worked great for it. I also used leaf spring clamps on a different toyota to solve the same problem. I realize toyotas make about 15hp, but I violently and repeatedly abused both trucks, and both fixes worked.

[KTA]

My truck is a 2wd so I have no blocks at all. I am certain clamping would help your setup, now as to if it will cure it I don't know. The blocks are pretty tall and give quite a bit of flex to the axle and springs. Traction bars can really make for some rough rides, as an alternative for race use you could run some heavy cables from the bottom of the axle to the rear hitch or frame.

[pulltilbroke]

Another Idea would be to build a single bar and run it fron the top of the rear axle to the hitch or frame

[mhuppertz]

My truck is a 2wd so I have no blocks at all. I am certain clamping would help your setup, now as to if it will cure it I don't know. The blocks are pretty tall and give quite a bit of flex to the axle and springs. Traction bars can really make for some rough rides, as an alternative for race use you could run some heavy cables from the bottom of the axle to the rear hitch or frame.

Interesting idea, but I have seen some pretty fat cables snap undo shock loads. I might try it anyway!