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Bolt in Ladder Bars?

I been pondering a idea for some time on how to make a bolt in ladder bar for my T bird.

This is a short Ladder Bar that bolts were stock lower arm goes with new bracket welds to rearend but still leaves stock lower mount the same so i can go back to stock lower arm with no probs.

Spring is in the way but a bolt on coil over spring to rear of rear end and have no probs then with that.
Now to keep rear end centered i will still use upper arms in stock location and if bind becomes to much of a prob i will try making a trinagle link with a slider that bolts into stock upper boxs and rear end brackets.

Worse thing that can happens is i wast 50 bucks in mettle and some time.

Re: Bolt in Ladder Bars?

Reply #1 –
the only problem is see is the possibility of the pinion angle changing drastically as the suspension compresses because the ladder bars would be rather short
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: Bolt in Ladder Bars?

Reply #2 –
pinion angle would be ajustable.
I did this on my 82Z28 i had made them go to stock mounting point on the frame.
I will do this with 85T just to try it my 87 will get full ladder bar setup.

Re: Bolt in Ladder Bars?

Reply #3 –
did you keep the torque arm on the 3rd gen?
It's Gumby's fault.
 

Re: Bolt in Ladder Bars?

Reply #4 –
Nope the main resion i did the ladderbars was to get rid of that dam torque arm.
I had the Z28 over years ago when there was nothing out to ubgrade the susp.
I had broke 4 10bolt rear ends and broke 2 torque arm's one was at the mount near the tranny i bent the bar and had it stab the ground so made it stronger there only to have it crack and then fail at the 2 bolts that bolt it to the rearend.  So 9inch with ladder bar i went i did keep stock style pan bar at the back and used stock setup for springs and shocks.  Just made brackets the same on the 9inch.

it lasted 5 years till crashed car at the track and rear end and susp endup in a buddys iroc and is still working fine to this date.