HSP Traction Bars, Are they Really Necessary? Radius Arm Stock lenght with -1-+5 D Castor. They were noisy and like noted above, they are not effective in reverse. The kit priced is for 2. Any trailer over 2500 pounds, 500 tongue weight will require air bags. One Up Offroad Home. This media is to show how OUO's Patent Pending system controls Pinion wrap, drive away shudder & wheel hop without loss of articulation or travel. Stock brake lines will work with 2. Bolting on a good set of traction bars can pay dividends to keeping your drivetrain happy by eliminating axle wrap and keeping the tires planted under heavy acceleration. Rest of the Fleet: 99 F-450, 00 F-450, 01 F-350, 02 F-350, 02 F-550, 04 F-450, 06 F-450. Use only letters and numbers in password. 5 Chevy CCSB D/A LLY. I also have a couple of friends, one of whom is in the video above break a set of fixed length bars from a competitor. We were not in a burn out contest.
Anyway, all the OUO pieces are a work of art, the tolerance are dead nuts on, on everything in the kit, and the fit and finish is amazing. Includes: 2 non triangulated traction bars, 1 per side of the vehicle, 2 bolt on frame brackets, and 2 weld on axle brackets. Join Date: Feb 2007. I feel the PMF and OUO are more superior than my bars probably, but when I say that I am calling my bars great and calling theirs greater.
One main concern of traction bars and other anti-axle wrap devices is that they are loud and will clunk when going over bumps and rough roads. Location: Central PA. Posts: 1, 153. I personally am a fan of high quality shipping methods. Plus, I went and bought a cord of seasoned hardwood and went down a 1. Hypermax rods and pistons. Title: Mr. Sinister. Have a look at the BDS Recoil Bars. Many of you may not know why you need traction bars, or what they will do to benefit your truck. Get rid of that shudder, Put the power down and pull that load! The time now is 05:42 PM.
Again when using a solid Heim joint on both ends you are essentially solid mounting the rear axle to the fame of the truck. The block looks pretty nice also. To overcome these issues, One Up Offroad developed frame mounted short gusset traction bar kits available for GM, Ford, and Dodge applications that are a simple no-weld bolt in design. Here's the pics: __________________. You will also feel a difference in ride quality with the other options mentioned above. What was the price range on them? There are no joints in OUO bars. With all of the help and advice you offered me with my mess of a patio, this was the least I could do to help you out. Now, this may seem to be the superior set up with two mounting locations on the rear axle and can be in certain applications, you must think of the geometry of what must happen for your suspension cycle properly.
The tunable design improves traction without negatively affecting suspension travel, articulation or ride quality. Another downside is aggressive wheel hop and tire slippage, which is an obvious pitfall when trying to get a heavy load moving or power planted at the dragstrip. My rig tends to see some pretty rough trails and with my long wheelbase I am susceptible to damage because of my length. Just rolled it hard in 2wd today and its a good bit harder to break the tires loose. 01' motor w/ orings,. I'm not your babysitter. The truth about traction bars. Never heard of newtons. 5 mile clay driveway a few hours after it rained.
As always OUO delivered a bad ass product that I can beat on just like the ones on my 450 and not have to worry about a thing. Big boy toys are spendy. I like the looks of those bars a lot. We installed OUO 4" Parallel Traction Blocks & Traction Bars. 5in of lift and a maximum of 4. Trucks: 88-97 F-250/350 99-04 SuperDuty F-250/350 Excursion. The two front bushings on each bar are what allows your rear leaf springs to articulate like the photo I provided above.
Put lost power to the ground! The other ones don't and those joints need to be serviced and eventually they will make noises or clunk... Design of the system is slightly unique as the bars are moved outside the frame in order to line up directly under the leaf springs. It looks like the frame is out of the way plenty in the pictures. Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day... Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Massive horsepower and torque is probably the biggest reason any of us drive diesel pickups. While doing them, i also swapped the stock blocks for custom OUO 1" steel blocks, David at OUO even powdercoated them black for me without me asking!! This will cause any type of noise or harmonics in the rear axle to be transferred into the frame of the truck and eventually into the cab creating an unenjoyable driving experience. Another concern of anti-axle wrap devices is harmonics. OUO Traction Bars Installed!! Title: I just don't care. Install was a breeze and the results are amazing. I may not have needed them, but I bought them due to misdiagnosis of clutch chatter as axle wrap.
WHo uses the 3/4" ubolts, is it worth it? Posts: 5, 497. sweet! Starting with our rear traction bar bracket we designed a super-strong ⅜" steel plate that replaces the lower factory mount the U-bolts anchor to eliminating the need of any welding on the rear axle. This type of system works great on off-road vehicles allowing full articulation of the rear suspension but is less the desired for street use and high horsepower applications as the bars will limit axle wrap but will not aid in the axle moving front to back.
Location: Whistler, BC, Canada. Some people may say the longer the bar the better, or that street trucks require a shorter bar. Lead time on kits can be 4-6 weeks. Everyone that I know that has these bars beat on their truck. Those bars look sweet.
They can even help save tires by less slip on the road under take off, such as hard acceleration from a stop light. It is rusty there because the truck was on the lift when I painted the frame and never touched it up! Special Thanks to: TS Performance, DPPI, Power Slot, Southern Polyurethanes Inc, Silverline Exhaust, Dick Cepek Tires. It had a set of fixed length bars with no shackle or any means of letting the leaf springs work.
This is because of the reduced axle wrap during upshifts and downshifts making the transmission feel like it shifts faster than before. Nice looking bars 4 sure. Yeah you wont have no problem. Did you need to adjust the driveshaft?