Originally posted by VA4MEDS:
Speed shop in Jax cuts 1 end of the track bar and welds up nuts & threaded rod for adjustment, lock nut & aligns to true center roll for $150.

I read that this week on another site. Now I just have to find it again.

I was bored.

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They also cut and rewelded his anti-sway bar end links to level it back out after the drop for that price. I've already done the same thing to my endlinks. I'll be heading to Jax for this one when I lower the truck some more and need another alignment.

 

Well got super slammed today at work I am currently in the middle of two evaporator jobs and there's a third in the lot waiting to go I love the work but would like to put my trans in tomm hopefully anyway pics to come

also ordered my Heims today from eBay gotta love that site 8 Heims with lh/rh thread and weld in bungs for 80$ that's a steal picking up 1" x .120 pipe sat and then waiting for mail to start this is going to be awesome

 

Stu or bill Can one of you measure the diameter of the caltracs long bar I want to make sure I am getting a bug enough pipe thanks

 

Here you go Keith. 1 1/4 inch bar.

 

Bar length. 28 1/4 inch.

 

Thanks stu now to call the metal shop and get a little bugger pipe 1 1/4 with a .120 wall 1" id and the Heims I have coming and I will be set

 

out with the old one big tool box is mine on the right also

 

old one on the ground minus a tail shaft and you can see the lovely aero3030 there too nice and loud but perfect while cruising

 

new trans with old tail shaft installed put back in and driving and all i can say is wow shifts extremely firm did notice the pan is diff on this one no sump in the middle of it like my 2005 its flat

 

will be starting the bars next week when all the heims come in pics to follow

 

Uh oh sounds ilike someone is getting close to knocking off the top dog in the 1/4mi

 

Guess what guess what my stalling is gone haha must of been something in the trans causing it did the swap without disconnecting battery so memory and idle wouldn't be lost and for two days now no stall in the morning

 

Did you have the trans computer (clutch settings) reset Keith?

 

A quicklearn is a must Keith... Otherwise that trans might be short lived as well

 

Yes I did filled with fluid heated her up idling backed out and did a quick learn

You forget I had done this 10 times before and I am an ASE master tech

Emailed Denny and asked what filters to use said use 4x4 filters and I asked About break in time he said as long as it shifts fine and fluid is good there really isn't a break in period he said take it slow so I'm going to put 1k on it then slowly lean on it more and more

 

here is the diameter of pipe it is 1 1/4 with a .120 wall just under 1/8 inch i think

 

this is the pipe lenght from center of axle to where it will reach on the truck 19" farther forward than lead leaf eye this pipe is very strong i dont think i will be bending it at all

 

here are some mcgauphys shop drop brackets the center part is to narrow to slip on frame rail so i am going to cut it out and use a little bigger piece to attach it to the frame will be bolting it on and then tacking it in place they work perfectly the bar will sit about 2" off frame now all i need to do is bring truck to a chassis shop and have them weld ears on the axle tubes for me to mount it up and then i am done

 

 

Those bars will stiffen up your suspension Keith. You might have to install a Floating Housing Mount on the leaf spring to stop the suspension from stiffening up or binding.

http://www.competitionengineer...rticles/chassis2.asp

 

Originally posted by Ghost03hemi:
http://www.competitionengineer...rticles/chassis2.asp

Excellent Info Stu...

 

This is why I went long bar instead of caltracs with the bar directly under the axle and perfectly parallel to truck there is virtually no bind in suspension just twist stop when wot the axle really only moves up and down with my single bar setup and only transfers torque thru bar when really hard accel occurs I drove in a lightning and you couldn't tell at all by when he stabbed it all it did was spin no wheel hop any more we will see how it goes and they are adjustable lh/rh thread so at track I can preload the hell out of them

 

Originally posted by charged392:
when he stabbed it all it did was spin no wheel hop

Oh, I'm sorry Keith. I thought you where building traction bars.

I guess you don't mind when the tire just spins.

 

They are a type of traction bar the way I look at it spin is a lot better than crazy wheel hop

 

I've never had a wheel hope problem. I guess that's because my truck doesn't have as much hp/tq as yours.