In the 4X4 world they're called "kicker shocks"
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Subject: re: DML: RE: Traction action
Author: brian.duffey@intelsat.int (brian duffey)
Date: 2/24/99 12:11 PM
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
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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
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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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