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Old 09-30-2017, 08:27 PM   #27
Tom Broome
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Default Re: Ladder bar leaf spring guys

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Originally Posted by joespanova View Post
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Thanks for the replies. Tom , yeah its "old school"............but old school is still OK. I have already applied most of what you are saying over the years , but its good to bring it up again.
Don't forget though ,like I said this car WAS very wheel stand prone and I wanted to tame it down. The ride height change was more cosmetic with the side effect of virtually eliminating wheel stands. I just didn't expect it. So without going back where I was I tried recovering some of it ( by applying what was suggested "Tom" ) just to get the car to work the way I wanted it to. Without much success.
As I got under the car today I see the top hole ( front ladder bar ) , which is 1 hole above the current location , was never used and I'd have to beat the floor pan a little to get the bar in that top hole. So I decided to lower the housing 1 hole on the floaters instead......that C/G thing should be applied here.
Ed , I did use moly lube and yep they slide easier...........I was reluctant to use it because it attracts dirt.
No, nothing wrong with "old school" as long as it's not just old. It happens all of the time, those good older parts just want the attention they once received.

In a perfect world I would adjust the housing ends of the ladder bars to mitigate the pinion angle change.

I'll not bore you with too many more opinions, go run that thing.
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