I mocked up my traction bars today. still have to get the axle mounts fully welded up because the welder at work isnt strong enough. Im going to get that done this week tho. i had to cut a section out of my gas tank skid plate, that is why it is painted white, i just didnt have any black paint around. I kept the plastic on them so they wouldnt get scratched up when mounting. they are powdercoated black and are 52" in length.on to the pics!
I bought these before you were selling yours and the other reason is that your traction bars arent adjustable like these are. i think i wound up spending around $350 on these once i find out how much a shop will charge to weld up the tabs. the design on the floor is a gear with two wrenches crossed like a X shape.
they stop "axle wrap". witch is the axle twisting up towards the bed, which is due to the springs not being able to handle the torque. the torque at the tires tries to rotate the axle housing opposite the direction of the tire rotation. Going forward, the pinion rises. Going backward, pinion dives. Since the leaf spring is bolted to the housing, it must try to resist this rotation force. The result being that the spring turns into a Sine wave shape ("S" laying on it's side) and then springs back as all harmonics and vibrations eventually do. Needless to say, the softer the spring and higher the torque, typically means worse axle wrap.
