hi ya'll i have a 98 2500 4x4. i was hauling logs outta the woods up a step hill. the tires broke traction and the rear started to hop like crazy. is there any way to stop this?

 

Umm, limited slip differential if you don't already have one... wider tires... weight in the rear... just a few things that come to mind.

 

just one (get a set of ladder bars).

 

Get U-bolts and crank your springs together (Military Wrap).
Or ladder bars (Only Way To Go) IMO.
Brandon

 

http://www.lazarsmith.com/tractionbars.html


RJ

 

i thank you for the helpand web site

 

*drooling on keyboard*

 

put it in 4wd. info only military wrap is the secondary leaf wrapping around the eye of the main leaf.

 

Traction bars work, they will help a lot with off road wheel hop, but from my experience, there is a price to pay. When I first installed mine they were super noisy, banging and making all sorts of racket back there. I changed the pivot mount to polyurethene instead of straight metal and that helped a lot. Without question the rear is stiffer, I notice a lot of bumps on the freeway that I never knew were there, the truck bounces, and if the freeway is "just perfect", man, it can bounce a lot! Would I put them on again, I don't know. I do know that I would look hard at the type that bolt on to your springs instead of the bar type that bolt or weld to the axle housing and frame. I think that the spring type will control axle wrap, but still let the housing move up and down much easier. Others may have a different experience, this is mine. Either way you go, good luck.

 

i've got a limited slip and it will still hop like that on gravel uphills in 2wd if ur not just creeping up. 4x4 is a must for any uphill gravel road pretty much. Were u in 2wd or 4x4?

 

I have been experiencing wheel hop as well, typically it's when I'am on the freeway rollin in to the throttle on slight grade and there's a bit of a ripple in the pavement, then the *** end starts to go, somebody said to try clamping the front of the leaf springs, I might try this?

 

Last time I checked TJ's 6x6 all the springs were clamped together beacause when you experience wheel hop if you have some one watch you will see the lowest leaf in the pack smak back and fourth hitting the one above it so if it is clamped it cant move.
Brandon

 

i was in two wheel

 

Doesn't matter if you are in 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive, pavement or dirt. Wheel hop is what happens when the traction of the tires exceeds the forward progress of the truck. If you start hopping you might be able to stop it by flooring it and making the wheels spin faster, lay rubber or rooster tails if you will, but that might not always be the best thing to do. Other problems can happen. Slowing down will always stop the hopping. The traction of the tires causes the axle to move forward and the springs to bend in a "S" shape. If the truck can't move forward fast enough, the power and torque of the CTD has to go somewhere. Eventually the springs overcome the torque and snap back to their "U" shape, again and again and again. Here is where the clamping of the springs or traction bars work, stabilizing the axle and preventing the springs from deforming. If you hop hard enough, you might get lucky and get your fan to kiss the radiator. If you are real lucky, it will happen in the middle of nowhere. This falls under "other problems can happen"

 

Does clamping your spring's effect the ride much?