ZK5
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Steve, When do you think you will have these axle wrap bars perfected enough to sell as a kit? I seem to remember you saying that it was in the works but it's been a while and I havent seen or heard any mention of them.
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axle wrap bars
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We have some of the parts in stock now, so we could set you up pretty quick. We have some improvements since we build mine too, slicker mounting brackets, etc.
cegusman
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What do they cost?
big pappa b
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Hopefully less than $850 /forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
skratch
1/2 ton status
What would need to be done in order to run those on a Burb. My rear end always feels like it's in a world of it's own!
Cost: roughly $250 to $300. That can vary depending on what we do for an adjustable end. They will require welding on the axle, and maybe on the frame. Really, the big trick is getting the length right to work with the different leaf springs, brackets from there are pretty easy.
cegusman
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How soon will you be ready to start taking orders for them?
alaskanbowtie
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AH HAH, I found another article about these bars and I'm sure from the other forums post there are lot's of us guys wanting these type traction bars. So if there are alot of us wanting them that should help with the price?? Maybe even 200.00 /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif Just testin the waters /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif
Hardcore
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Steve, why not mount the bars on top of the axle so they would be in tension under axle wrap? It would bring them up and away from the ground and still control axle hop. Never understood why everyone mounts them under the axle in compression /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Bars in compression on the underside keeps the leafs in tension which creates decent triangulation of the diff. Having the spring in tension under acceleration will tend to keep them straighter, reducing wrap.
Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
Rene
Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
Rene
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Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
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What about other companies? I know ORD won't bash another companies products, but is the single bar design really useless? I was also considering going inboard on the rear shocks. Would the traction bars help at all with lateral movement. With crossover steering up front and no swaybar, I was concerned with excessive sway having inboard shocks in the rear to boot....
Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
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What about other companies? I know ORD won't bash another companies products, but is the single bar design really useless? I was also considering going inboard on the rear shocks. Would the traction bars help at all with lateral movement. With crossover steering up front and no swaybar, I was concerned with excessive sway having inboard shocks in the rear to boot....
That's not what Rene was talking about. What he was calling a "single bar system" is really a "single mount on each end" which requires some other "link" (springs or another bar) for triangulation to restrict rotation of the axle. The pic you posted has a single bar, but it is self triangulated due to the 3 mounting points and does not require the strings to participate in controlling the axle wrap. Totally different design...
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Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
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What about other companies? I know ORD won't bash another companies products, but is the single bar design really useless? I was also considering going inboard on the rear shocks. Would the traction bars help at all with lateral movement. With crossover steering up front and no swaybar, I was concerned with excessive sway having inboard shocks in the rear to boot....
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The single bar system the way the pic in the post showed would be effective (the ORD pic), the MOO bar is triangulated at the diff, and I certainly wasn't bashing anyone's product.
Traction bars will do nothing to help with lateral control, or sway. Inboarding the shocks will decrease lateral stability in the rear much the same as removing the sway bar up front does.
Rene
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Bars on top offers almost no triangulation...so would be nearly useless. That's why you don't see single bar systems with the bar on top of the axle.
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What about other companies? I know ORD won't bash another companies products, but is the single bar design really useless? I was also considering going inboard on the rear shocks. Would the traction bars help at all with lateral movement. With crossover steering up front and no swaybar, I was concerned with excessive sway having inboard shocks in the rear to boot....
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The single bar system the way the pic in the post showed would be effective (the ORD pic), the MOO bar is triangulated at the diff, and I certainly wasn't bashing anyone's product.
Traction bars will do nothing to help with lateral control, or sway. Inboarding the shocks will decrease lateral stability in the rear much the same as removing the sway bar up front does.
Rene
Desert Rat
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Is there any other option to compensate for the inboard shock setup to decrease lateral movement? What about the ORD traction bars but then a lateral bar running from the frame on one side to the other side of the axle?
84_Chevy_K10
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Is there any other option to compensate for the inboard shock setup to decrease lateral movement? What about the ORD traction bars but then a lateral bar running from the frame on one side to the other side of the axle?
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1. Stiffer springs will help control lateral roll.
2. A panhard bar will not help your situation any and is unnecessary with leaf springs in most cases.
Is there any other option to compensate for the inboard shock setup to decrease lateral movement? What about the ORD traction bars but then a lateral bar running from the frame on one side to the other side of the axle?
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1. Stiffer springs will help control lateral roll.
2. A panhard bar will not help your situation any and is unnecessary with leaf springs in most cases.
Oops, missed the question about sway control earlier. Several options that come to mind.
Get long travel shocks through the floor and mount them vertical rather than angle to the center.
Kick them forward along the rails (like mine) instead of to the center. Over all effective increase is less but there is better body control. I get plenty of travel and decent body control too. In this case you only loose effective dampening due to mechanical advantage of the axle/body. So you want stiffer shocks than normal, but you don’t have the body effectively rocking across the mounting point (eliminating all control of flex/roll) like kicked in shocks do.
Get one of the adjustable long travel anti-sway bars marketed for off-road use. This is what Stephen uses combined with the adjustability of multi-coil tunable coil-overs.
Get long travel shocks through the floor and mount them vertical rather than angle to the center.
Kick them forward along the rails (like mine) instead of to the center. Over all effective increase is less but there is better body control. I get plenty of travel and decent body control too. In this case you only loose effective dampening due to mechanical advantage of the axle/body. So you want stiffer shocks than normal, but you don’t have the body effectively rocking across the mounting point (eliminating all control of flex/roll) like kicked in shocks do.
Get one of the adjustable long travel anti-sway bars marketed for off-road use. This is what Stephen uses combined with the adjustability of multi-coil tunable coil-overs.
Desert Rat
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Through the body shocks are out for me since I need all the room in the back I can use for gear. What about those kicker shocks? If I went inboard, but threw on some kicker shocks and mounted them at a 45 degree angle? I had also planned on adjustable shocks that I could stiffen up for road use, and soften up for trail use. As for the aftermarket sway bar, I would go for that. Stephen, if you read this, did you use the ORU swaybars, do they have the disconnect on them, and are you running them with crossover steering? I'm assuming we are talking a front mounted swaybar.
Combining inboard and kicked forward would give you some control over the body, but the combined dampening for straight up/down would be rather harsh I would think. I would (and did) go with 1 and use a stiff shock to overcome the loss of effective dampening.
And I was talking about a rear sway bar. Look at some pics of Wally and you should be able to see it... This is the best way of all since it gives you tune ability and true "control" of body roll rather than just dampening the rate of change/rebound/overshoot.
And I was talking about a rear sway bar. Look at some pics of Wally and you should be able to see it... This is the best way of all since it gives you tune ability and true "control" of body roll rather than just dampening the rate of change/rebound/overshoot.
alaskanbowtie
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how much $$$$$$ and do they limit flex? I assume they don't since your using them personally???? /forums/images/graemlins/ears.gif
