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justin
Dodge Dakota
11/29/2001
20:33:53
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 Subject: lakewood traction bars
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sorry for bringin this subject up again but, i plan to buy some of these soon and remembering an older post i recall some people said they had problems with them. if i buy these what should i watch out for in the installation? should i but anything extra?
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Jeffster
Dodge Dakota
11/29/2001
22:01:15
| RE: lakewood traction bars
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You will need larger snubbers. (Mr Gasket) I can't remember the size but they were the largest snubbers possible. This left me with about 5/8's between snubber and leaf spring which is just right.
I adjusted them so as much bar is as far forward towards the front of the truck as possible.
Very very pleased with the bang for the buck.
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ZenDak
Dodge Dakota
11/30/2001
07:32:33
| RE: lakewood traction bars
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I had these on for about 2 days, and I could feel a difference; however, I want the actual trac. bar itself closer to the leaf spring.
I had the whole assembly as close to the front of the truck as possible, but they still hung too low for my taste.
I thought I remember someone saying that they make spacers for the back (shims), but I haven't been able to find any for the lakewoods. They fit between the back bracket, and spring,,,,,and it brings the longer arm part closer to your springs. I'm probably going to end up making my own.
Anyone know if they make shims/spacers for these bars, and where to get them?
'01 4.7 auto 3.55 CC
Ando
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alex
Dodge Dakota
11/30/2001
08:19:56
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I haven't found any shims that anyone makes, but I was the one who posted about making my own shims. They are pretty easy to make, but they would've been easier with a band saw and a drill press. I took some 1/4" flat bar (the 1" wide steel stuff you can get for $3 at Home Depoot) and cut it to the same width as that back bracket you mentioned. Then I actually clamped three pieces at a time to the rear bracket and used the actual traction bar as the template for drilling. I used LOTS of oil and burned out the battery on my DeWalt drill three times, but it worked. So then I sprayed everything black with Krylon. Then I put three shims between the top of the rear bracket and the bottom of the leaf spring and ran the shackles thru the holes and bolted it up. This left the snubbers about 1/2" - 3/4" from the leaf in front. Ideally these snubbers would be directly under the leaf spring eye (the round tube part), but Lakewood doesn't make a $35 version that's long enough, just yet. So for $35 + Krylon + Steel Bar, I have traction bars that smack the leaf springs on every launch and are hardly noticeable.
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ZenDak
Dodge Dakota
11/30/2001
13:06:38
| RE: lakewood traction bars
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sweet,,,I'll probably end up doing the same thing.
Thanks for the feedback.
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