Hey guys, my 69 D100 shorty has massive wheel hop, now remember I have yanked leaves from the springs to lower it a little and the axle on these trucks sits under the leaf. Have any of you found a traction/ladder bar set up that will help with this spring wrap up and is not a whole fabrication job? Any advice or cures would be great....

I have my 88 440 truck lowered & tubed axle on top of spring with no wheel hop. with the axle under spring it had wheel hop very bad.

on my stepside with NV4500 5 speed, I made some traction bars that went from plate on top of spring under u-bolts to the front spring hanger.

I drilled a hole in the front spring mount, then weld a bolt on a tube/rod for a bayonet style hook up with some shock rubber/washers.

did this on my 4x4 also, tucks the traction bars up out of the way on a axle under spring chassis.

like this when done. well maybe a little better craftsmanship just for looks. they work well though.

I also flip the shackle and flopped the axle on top of the spring.

used an A-body 8 3/4 to tuck 12 rims in the fenders = do the same on the 69 truck.

then used a set of A-body SSM liftbars. they replace the lower shock plate with a square plate welded to a traction bar that clamps to the front segment of the springs, use shims to pre-load axle for launch/hook up.

I removed a leaf or 2 from a set of truck springs for them, they lift the back of the truck 3-4 inches and really plant the tires..you need to dial in the shocks so the don't bottom/extend out.

ssm lift bars work great with no wheel hop. but they WILL hop in reverse. DAMHIK!

Hey Wyle E, nice video, thanks for the link..... Hey Scratchn, check these out, think I'm gonna give them a try, (Tuff Country #30695) traction bars....Look a lot like what you built, can get the kit for $130.00, sounds reasonable to me.....

Here is how it was done from the factory. The part came from an Imperial.

I have a wheel hop issue with my truck and have been thinking about making something like traction bars.