WHEEL HOP

[SS10]

how do I stop this every time I floor my truck the rear end starts hopping like a foot off the ground

[fasrnur]

Get some traction bars. Or learn how to launch in a different manner. I don\'t have any trouble with wheel hop. Don\'t know why, I just don\'t. Guess I don\'t make enuf power. LOL



Jeff....

[4more]

it might be just your tires i have had some tires that wheel hop bad and just changed tires and no more wheel hop but traction bars would help

[SS10]

what do you mean learn how to launch diferent. HOW do you launch?

[whiner3]

Jjust do like i did, weld two peices of flat steel infront of the front spring perch about 2\" long with hole drilled about 1/2 inch from the end, weld up a 3/4\"x2\" rectangle tubing with two peices of round pipe on each end with about a 1/2 inch hole in it, then weld two brackets on the bottom of the plate that holds your differential to the leaf springs, and make the rectangle tubing long enough for the two round pipes to bolt onto the holes on the brackets, and you have really cheap very effective traction bars they basically work just like ladder bars, or the lower link of a 4 link, they work awesome, and still allow the suspention to move no problem, they work awesome for me, you could make a new plate for the u bolts to go through too out of a thjicker flat steel peice with the holes drilled into it, and a bolt welded to it for the shock mount, i would suggest it too because it needs a little extra strength, i also made a panhard bar for the back too basically the same way to make it handle better, it helped out a lot, just a suggestion, it\'ll be way cheaper than buying the traction bars and it just as effective

[SS10]

I can get some lakewood traction bars for $30

[whiner3]

mine cost me $7 canadian and about 45 minuits with a welder and plasma cutter, but if you dont have access to a welder or antyhing just go for the lakewood traction bars, they will work good too, i had a problem with ground clearance though because of the 3\" lowering blocks putting the springs lower to the ground, bad enough as it is if i ever get a flat tire the ones i made will be draging on the ground and so will the shocks, so i\'m porobably getting the proper drop leafs for it