FORD-DTB-RB-73
Traction bars are built to order, allow 1 week for fab, additional week for powder coat.
-A traction bar system designed for function and looks. Put lost power to the ground!
-Helps eliminate axle wrap in stock to highly modified trucks. High horse power engines, big lifts, and soft suspensions all benefit from a traction bar system.
-Trucks: 88-97 F-250/350 99-04 SuperDuty F-250/350 Excursion
Will fit many others. Axle brackets are designed around a 3.5 inch axle tube. Dana 80 DRW is 4" will require cutting axle mounts to fit.
2 non triangulated traction bars, 1 per side of the vehicle, 2 bolt on frame brackets, and 2 weld on axle brackets. Kit traction bars are based on vehicle length.
Additional Information:If you're planning on towing an overloaded bumper pull trailer we highly recommend airbags. The excess tongue weight will flex the brackets on the frame as the suspension is cycling and ruin them. Any trailer over 2500 pounds, 500 tongue weight will require air bags. These bars are not adding towing capacity, they are to control unloaded axle wrap.
Sky's Traction bar kit will help many vehicles by controlling the wrap of the axle, and fatigue on the leaf springs. Traction bars can save fuel by getting power to the ground, restores traction by not allowing leaf twist. They can even help save tires by less slip on the road under take off, such as hard acceleration from a stop light.
Design of the system is slightly unique as the bars are moved outside the frame in order to line up directly under the leaf springs. This helps control axle walk common to single bar systems mounted under the frame and inside the leaf springs.
Bars use polyurethane bushings and 9/16ths bolts. Brackets are laser cut CNC formed a36 PO steel in 1/4 and 3/16ths thickness. Link bars are 2" x .120 round tube with 2.25 x.250 wall DOM bushing casings.
Powder coat is only offered on the traction bars, brackets are not powder coated because they can be welded to the frame. Traction bars are built to order, this means are non refundable without a restock fee from the minute they are ordered.
The bars are super simple, and really they don't have a set perfect one way fits all install. Basically you bolt everything together, use a jack on the rear axle side of the brackets to hold them to the axle, the bracket at the axle should be vertical, hanging below the axle. Then weld those on first, using an angle finder to insure they are the same. Then the upper brackets simply slide on the frame, mark your holes, drill and bolt or weld. This must be done under weight of the truck, other wise the axle will not be positioned correctly.
We accept product returns within 30-days after you have received your order. All returns are subject up to a 20% restocking fee after approval.
Great Product. High quality craftsmanship and parts. Functions and looks great!
Great kit that fixes the notorious door handle weakness on OSB Fords. Easy and straight forward, beginner friendly, the kit even comes with the plastic panel rivets (which you are definitely going to break taking the inner panel off). Basic tools plus a rivet gun are all you need. It's Simple!
The bracket i needed for my 1996 EB bronco arrived pretty quick. It was very well made but for the price i expected it to be a direct fit. i had trouble getting the holes to line up and ultimately had to loosely thread in the top bolts then beat the bracket into place in order to get it to line up all the way. It went on with some physical persuasion and i expect it to hold up so really no complaints. i just wish i looked a little harder before i ordered the driver side pivot arm bracket as well. hopefully i can return that.
these are as good as it gets. witness marked old hinges and new ones fell just right minor tweaking. smooth and the new bolts do make thing easy to get socket or wrench on. thanks again OBS SOLUTIONS.
Very sturdy , really like the short tucked in design.
I feel they need to add some adhesive where some of the push clips are to shallow of a hole to hold in. But quality of this is awesome
Added these (2”) to my truck along with the superduty leaf spring shackles to level my truck to match the RSK kit in the front. Leveled it out nicely. With the boomerang shackles, shackle flip kit and superduty springs it lifted the rear of the truck about 2.5inches total.
Very nice quality, fit excellent, worth waiting for them to be back in stock.
Extremely pleased of the new look set of mirrors from OBS Solutions. Cannot wait to purchase more items for my F150.
