Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: What Traction Bars are YOU using??

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think with those Chebby II ones you have to get different shocks as the mounts on the traction bar are different. If your gonna have a set fabbed up that is better then anything you can buy. Esp for a case of beer or two.

 Davis

phl_campbell <misteramx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Simms,
>
> Hadn't heard of that one, the Cebby II, we talking like a '64-'66? 
> Have any pictures?
>
> Thats exactly what I saw when sizing up a universal set, it would be 
> a real hack job. And although my car is far from perfect, I thought 
> I should be at least neat when it comes to traction.
>
> I'm going to chat with a welding buddy this weekend, he makes all 
> sorts of stuff, roll bars, roll cages, push bars. He's a Jeep guy 
> and does good work. I'm betting he can fab me a suitable set of 
> traction bars and his prices are good. His quote for a front push 
> bar with provisions for driving lights...a case of beer and an 
> afternoon!!
> > 
> > I got traction bars for a Chebby II...relocated the snubber an inch 
> > back to hit right in the middle of the spring eye and trimmed the 
> > inch off the end of the bar...I used CE
>  2deg plates to lower the 
> > front of the bar...I ran it that way last year...this year I'm 
> going 
> > to put 2 washers under each snubber to get them closer to the 
> spring 
> > eyes...makes for nice lil adjustments...
> > 
> > on the cheapies...I have a set...I just notched them to fit the 
> > spring plates...I never did use them cause when I did it my exhaust 
> > was in the way (side exit infront of the rear wheels)...personally 
> I 
> > say do it right the first time...those bars look like they could 
> > slide on the sping and the snubbers are kinda soft and short...you 
> > would prolly have to make spacers for the bar to get them 
> positioned 
> > right...and to move them front to rear would be a pain cause of the 
> > notch cut in them...and that notch isn't the easiest thing to get 
> > right...I know the ones I did have a stagger to them...was a pain 
> to 
> > get them the same...and I can't even give
>  those bars away 
> > today...LoL...
>
>
>
>
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