I looked at that link above but couldn't find any pics of traction bars or where/how to get them. A little help please

 

The ones pictured above are actually called "Johnny Joint's" Just google them and there are dozens of places that offer them..

 

http://www.lazarsmith.com/tractionbars.html try that link it should be right on the page if it works. If not just go to their website, click on science and then traction bars.

 

What about farmboy fabrications bars??. Anybody with more pics, more pics would be great to see, and to see how they look under the trucks. Thanks for all the info so far

 

Oneup Off Road traction blocks

 

Those from One Up Offroad look good. I emailed them to see how much a set would be and several other companies with them, just to compare prices and how they look. I don't know that I want the whole traction block deal right now or just the bars and bolt them on. But I do like those from one up offroad.

 

How is it with the rubber bushing mount i want to do that. But someone told me it dosnt help wheel hop? How did it do for you??
Thanks

 

Traction bars are a bad idea if you articulate your suspension at all. They don't move in the same arc that your leaf springs do and create a whole bunch of stress. It is best to get a leaf pack that takes out the factory lift block and limits axle wrap. Contact Deaver in Santa Ana, CA and they can help you out. Eric

 

Those joints are made by http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/ they are the best joints out there I feel . I use them all the time when I'm making longer front control arms .The reason I feel they are better is as they wear they have a spanner nut that you can keep tightening up where all the others have a snap ring and once the start wearing and getting loose there is no adjustment that you can make .

 

I too am currently building a set of traction bars for my truck. I researched this for a long time. I like Lazar's bars, but there is some things I didnt like about them. I wanted something to match the front control arms on my truck. Just me I guess but I wanted it to look the same. I wanted the same brackets that hold my front control arms on the frame and wanted the same diameter pipe as the front ones. I have an RCD lift on my truck and what a pain it was getting the brackets, but I did get them. I bought the pipe on ebay, as well as the johnny joints, jamb nuts, and poly bushings with sleeves. I also really liked the way RCD mounts thier bars on the rear axle, you can buy just the mount kit, so I have done that. Yes I will have to do some welding but no biggie I work with alot of very skilled welders. Right now I am about at $450 in parts. And will have to have it powder coated to match the rest of the truck. Most are around that price so I didnt save much but I went top quality on the parts. I will get some pics up when I get better.

 

The bars with rubber bushing solved my problem, my rear springs would start to wobble when I was driving around 40 mph under load, tried everything but the bars cured it for good..

 

awsome thank you man, time to start building in my spare time haha