Blocks without traction bars?
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Blocks without traction bars?
I am going to be pulling at our county fair pretty soon, and I will have time to make blocks, and a weight rack for my truck, but I dont think I will have traction bars by then because I am waiting to swap in my Dana 80 first. Anyways, just curious if you guys thought it would be a bad thing to block the rear end without traction bars. I would like to have bars by then, and I may, but I just want to be ready either way. I will most likely be installing my 370's sometime before the pull. My axle never seems to have any wrap to it, but I just wonder if it would if it was blocked.Just dont wanna break anything
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Im not really scared of hanging weight, but I do think If I dont have bars by then that I will just leave the blocks alone... I have been thinking though, and I should have some bars by then. I think I have about a month. Gonna either put some 191's or my injectors in too
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Not sure what your plans are for the traction bars.. but you can weld brackets to the brackets on the bottom side of the U bolts.. or use the bolt to the U bolt style.. that way they would still fit the new axle... but welding to the axle tubes would be much stronger..
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Well I was wanting to weld to the axle tubes, but I dont really wanna weld to this axle because Im going to sell it when I get the Dana 80 in mine, so I think I will just make a bracket to bolt them to the bottom of the U-Bolts or something for now, and then weld some to the axle when I get the 80 in. I better get started on it soon though, or I wont have it done in time Im tired of pulling with no block, bars, or hanging weight. I wanna do it right this year
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I am going to be pulling at our county fair pretty soon, and I will have time to make blocks, and a weight rack for my truck, but I dont think I will have traction bars by then because I am waiting to swap in my Dana 80 first. Anyways, just curious if you guys thought it would be a bad thing to block the rear end without traction bars. I would like to have bars by then, and I may, but I just want to be ready either way. I will most likely be installing my 370's sometime before the pull. My axle never seems to have any wrap to it, but I just wonder if it would if it was blocked.Just dont wanna break anything
Eric
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I just kinda wondered if anyone had ran blocks without traction bars. I dont feel like it would be a good idea, so I dont think I will do it if I dont have bars by then. Guess I had better get to work making up my bars
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If you make some plates that will bolt up to the bottom of your U bolts just slot one set of holes a little and they'll work for both rears, I had a buddy that did that and used them on both a 70 and 80 rear
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