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Old 04-20-2017, 04:31 PM   #7
dsraven
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Re: 59 truck with axle flip and removed load leaves. Major axle hop!

I would try the joedoh setup first just because the overloads are easy to come by at any spring shop, even a used one, and you would need to go there anyway for a set of spring bolts and possibly some new u bolts. try to get a long one while you aret here. if not, and you wanna keep your 4 link kit intact, you could try Welders series in Canada for some cheap parts to fab up a traction bar or torque arm set up. US dollar is pretty good right now. they have all kinds of useful brackets and kits. there is also the old fashioned traction bar set up with a rubber suspension stop bumper on the end. it just bolts to your spring plate with the u bolts, goes forward to the front of the spring and then a rubber bumper snubs against the eye of the spring. usually made out of square tubing becaiuse it is easy to come by and easy to weld a nut on the end, inside the tube, to screw the snubber onto. I also included a link with some pics to better describe what I mean. you could fab up a set in no time and try them. if they don't work you aren't out much. some have a square "u bolt" shaped thing that is supposed to encapsulate the spring leaves part way up to the front hanger so, on decell, the bar doesn't drop as the axle unwraps and ends up dragging a speed bump or porcupine (don't ask, I was picking quills out of my tires for a week). the last link is a ford forum that talks about different types of bars for the same reason you are asking about.

https://www.welderseries.com/

https://www.carid.com/lakewood/traction-bars.html

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ifference.html
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