Rancho still makes them, Be careful though, they stop ALL axle wrap.
(Some wrap is good, stops things from breaking)
I had them on my 85' Toy%^& and they were great.
(Toyo had 4.3L v6, th700r4, 33x12.5x15 BFG MT's, 4.88's. I was able to chirp
them into 3rd!!!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Vacchino <tommyv@thecia.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Traction action
>Ummm, I think you might be thinking of "KICKER SHOCKS" maybe?
>Rancho made them many years ago, but I was pretty sure they stopped making
>them?
>The ones I'm talking about look just like torsion bars that extend from the
>rear axle up at an angle till they attached to the frame.
>
>"psychonaut"
>
>brian duffey wrote:
>
>> Actually, they are more like an angled shock from the axle to the frame.
>> They work to absorb the torque (or whatever the force is) that causes the
>> axle to 'wrap up'. I've looked at them before as an alternative to
traction
>> bars, as the Rancho design mounts above the line of the axle & thus would
>> not (in theory) eliminate the ground clearence in the way traction bars
do.
>> Not a high enough priority for me to have followed thru on it...
>>
>> Duff
>> -------------
>> Original Text
>> >From RICH@SMTPGATE (Wisotzkey, Rich) {Rich.Wisotzkey@gsc.gte.com}, on
>> 24/02/1999 10:52 AM:
>> To: DAKOTA-T@SMTPGATE ("'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'")
>> {dakota-truck@buffnet.net}
>>
>> Is this the set of bars that attach from the axle to the frame, in
parallel
>> with the frame?
>> Rich - Ashburn, VA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas Vacchino [mailto:tommyv@thecia.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:04 AM
>> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>> Subject: DML: Traction action
>>
>> Has anybody had any experiance with those RANCHO "truck traction bars"?
>> Ya know, the ones that look like torsion bars for the back
>> tires..............
>> Good, bad........whatever. I need to get better traction on those rear
>> tires.
>>
>> "psychonaut"
>
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