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jammons5126
10-14-2007, 11:38 PM
I have researched on every site i know of and i cant seem to find ladder bars for my truck i plan on building some custom ladder bars for the suspension lift i plan on doing soon any suggestions on how to build it let me know
Ranger5.0
10-15-2007, 06:23 PM
what do you need ladder bars for?
jammons5126
10-15-2007, 08:06 PM
so i wont have torque roll in the axle
Bray D
10-16-2007, 12:37 AM
I'm not gonna do all your homework for ya but I'll get ya started (search pirate). you can get away with building a single, ladder style arm and mounting it closer the center of the axle. the main thing to keep in mind is that a leaf sprung suspension setup doesn't follow a perfect arc as is cycles. so, run the arm from the axle up to a crossmember that you'll make. to prevent binding, you need to mount the arm to the crossmember one of 2 ways: a) with a shackle or b) with a slip joint. you're gonna have to search alittle to find out what size tube to use, the exact design you wanna go with etc but this should get ya started
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