Do Traction Bars Actually Work? 

lol I try to upload every Monday and Thursday

Can't go wrong with that Truetrac. Everyone that has them seems to be happy

I feel it, man. My tail light got busted out my last time lol

I have 37's on my F350.. i have no wheel hop

raptor660 it’s a 3500 lol got way more torque/weight and way stiffer springs and everything

Nothin but red neck weight reduction 😂😂

Hahaha, I was just watching him do the wiring on the Firebird while this video uploaded. Small world lol

SniderTron 3000 Pretty cool video. I never knew wiring was that involved. Maybe one day, you'll be 1/2 of Roadkill 2.0. Haha

lol it would be so nice to be doing this with someone else worrying about filming and editing

SniderTron 3000 Keep at it and you never know what'll happen. You have great content. Keep doing what you're doing and you'll get the recognition you deserve.

A lot of people like Brian Tooley cams or Texas Speed

If I could find a good deal on one I'd consider it

I still use them on my big block 56 Chevy !

No, it's best to have them installed at ride height so nothing binds. I just put the rear end on stands so I could get to things easier

Yeah, Speed Engineering just released some traction bars and I'm super moist for them lol

The nut only took like a minute or so to get out, it was just being difficult. But, yeah it has a 4l60e. When I bought the truck the guy said it was freshly rebuilt and 2 days later I lost 3rd and 4th gear, so I had a local guy rebuild it last year and it's been doing phenomenal since then. And, I drive it the same way off camera that I do on. I have no idea how long it'll last. People have said the Corvette Servo that another dude just asked me about has helped get rid of the slipping and chirping

Ok cool. I was just curious about that chirp. Im not having any issues other than hearing that chirp occasionally. Mine is 4 wheel drive if that makes any difference?

Depends on what your goal is with the truck, but just doing tracrion bars and upgrading the shocks could be the way to go. And it has a Speed Engineering X Pipe

It has new coil over performance rear shocks . On your pewter colored chevy truck what brand of muffler are you running? Im just running duals no x pipe or H pipe .

3"x 18". AutoZone has them for like $5 a piece or something

SniderTron 3000 thanks man trying to build my truck just like yours

Hopefully yours is better than mine lol

No complaints so far. It's only a year old and so far I'm really getting a false sense of security from how reliable it has been lol

Shit Box hmm can you tell me why that is because I was thinking the fact i chucked my overloads on my 93 gmc c1500 would hurt me a bit even with slapper or traction bars

Kohner Bruntjen, I could be wrong but i think the overload spring makes the spring pack too stiff for the traction bar to work properly, the spring has to load some so the snubber can contact the spring, hence the term slapper. Just my opinion...

Okay well Now I'm curious which it is lol

Kohner Bruntjen, Looks like Snider’s truck has a light spring pack, only 2 leafs and an overload, my C10 has 5 leafs and an overload, I doubt a traction bar would even contact the spring under load, his truck probably won’t be a big deal with less of a spring pack...

That is easy to do with a bolt, very easy the trick is keeping the rubber stopper on the thing. I use the body panel epoxy. I ream the rubber out a little bit and then I go to work to set the preload after the thing dries on the bolt head. Another trick is to put a little weld on the bottom of the bolt to keep the nut from loosening up on ya and falling off inside the traction bar while driving around. It can be real pain in the ass if the thing loosens up completely and bends the bolt on ya. Trim the bolt to size. Some guys tend to pass the stopper bolt completely thru the traction bar so they can double nut it at the top and bottom which is also fine and it works because that is how I do it... I used case hardened bolts my buddy swipes at a heavy equip place he works at. Tempered hardened metal bolts tend not to bend at all.

The ride quality is pretty much the same honestly. The only noticeable effect was it lowered the rear about half an inch

Well, it's like $350 cheaper lol

Yeah, I've got that sitting in my Amazon cart. What rear gears do you have though?

SniderTron 3000 I have 4.10s. Tires are 285 70 17 though. I forget is your rear end stock?

Stock axles, but it has a new LSD and 4.10's

Thats a broad generalization, but that's kind of how I feel about them. Cal Tracs plant the tire better than just slapper bars. But I know plenty of people pulling great 60 foots with slapper bars

Turbo or LSA is the plan down the road for it. And, it would be cool to collab with him, but I think he's in like PA or Maryland

Yeah, those SpeedEng Traction Bars made me so moist. I'm definitely gonna get some eventually

Haha, thanks, man. I want to go with the Circle D 3000, but I'm considering just tossing in a trailblazer converter just because they stall around 2500 and they're cheap. And, I've thought about doing some more bike videos

If you really care about it, I would look into the Speed Engineering traction bars. They said that even though they're for the 99+ trucks, they should still fit the 88-98 just fine, and they look like a fantastic design

It rides pretty normal actually

I'm just constantly on craigslist and facebook looking to see whats for sale or trade. There are really good deals out there if you're willing to not have a perfect vehicle. The gold truck has 240,000 miles and some rust. The black truck didn't run at all when I got it.

It... I don't know. I could see why it would work, and why it wouldn't be that effective. But, I think the best bet would be the ladder style traction bars if you were getting serious about it.

SniderTron 3000 thanks for the reply but like in a budget build for say. You should make a video on that testing to see if they are good for drifting or at least do some donuts! For scientific reasons to see if they help.

I would think that if you kept them preloaded just a touch then they would work for drifting. And, man, there's like nowhere good near me to try to risk ripping a few donies. The closest parking lots are either a local church or the high school and both have cameras lol

The transmission honestly hasn't missed a beat. The old man that rebuilt it did some sort of wizardry to it because I thought he did just a stock rebuild

Awesome to hear man! I'm sure the LSD you put in doesn't hurt it either. Can't wait too see the supercharger on it soon!

Me neither. I'm still trying to put a tune together before I get that on

Well what works for me is not having much horsepower haha

Its not 'all' about the hp, its more about how you can put it to asphalt.

@@markbutterfield5559 Bud....It doesn't matter what you do with approx. 850hp, you'll spin. Keep your foot out of it or buy slicks for all 4 corners.

@@blade-fpv9411 Thank you much, I'll try your advice.

I couldn't tell you for sure, but I don't see why they would. Especially if you just want them for the looks, you wouldn't have to get them as tight

@@SniderTron3000 from those 2 areas on your bars which one should i leave not to tight the rear part on axle or the front part near the rubber?

I average around 14 or so

Shit, that's not a bad deal at all. I'll give you $25 for it lol

Would be a great video to make on budget torque converter! just order my traction bars from speed engineering as well.

Yeah, like the last major piece to the puzzle is a looser converter. And, I'm definitely gonna be getting those SpeedEng bars at some point. I really like the way they have the snubber that contacts the eye instead of putting a bunch of pressure on the leaf like CalTracs

Plus you dont have to remove the whole leaf springs just to install them, make everything much easier.

This is definitely worth the read and explains the differences between a bunch of different suspension setups www.competitionengineering.com/content/understanding-basics-chassis-suspension-traction-equipment

Yeah, I knew it would clamp that spring, but that's more of a minor inconvenience than anything else. The truck still rides totally fine. All it really did was make the rear end drop another half inch

I have no idea for sure, it's not original to the truck. Lets just assume 200k lol

Nah, I've seen extended cabs do it too.

@@SniderTron3000 crazy. Mine spins up real quick and never hopped once.

What gear and tires do you have? Usually if you can get enough wheel speed you can power through the hop. Mine only did it when I was at a lower wheel speed with the 275's

@@SniderTron3000 373s and 275/55/20s

I think it was like $260

9.1M views because the suspension distresses and the leaf springs spread

I personally wouldn't. Offroad people seem to prefer the ladder bar setup, or the really long traction bar that mounts on the axle and the frame.

@@SniderTron3000 Well, I put em on. My truck is a pavement pounder and my daily, but after installing block in the rear, it revealed how worn out my rear leafs are. The driveshaft sliding in and out of the tailshaft makes a horrendous clunk when accelerating and coming to a stop. These cured the acceleration part. No money in the ol budget for a real set of traction bars or new leaves, so these will have to do for now. Appreciate you doing these, helped me out in a pinch.

@@theANGRIERone just saw this comment i have a 4wd i want to put these same universal bars on but just for show. Will they mess with my towing i tow often

@@sergiocaballero7404 I wound up going with Pro Comp lateral bars. I lost one of the pinion snubbers almost immediately on the slapper bars. Probably my fault for not tightening it down. Not sure on towing, though. I don't tow anything with my truck. can't see how they would hurt really? Then again, I don't know much about towing stuff.

@@theANGRIERone those are expensive again 50 bucks for that mean stance look the traction bars give us is something im willing to pay unless it messes with my towing

I definitely need some lol

I have a socket and nut tip most people might laugh at this but I am as serious as it gets about saving time doing simple shit can turn a nightmare especially with NYLOCK nuts because sometimes and not all the time the plastic tends to bind the nut inside a socket. A little cooking oil like veggie oil or olive oil works better than any lubricant you can buy cept trans fluid does the trick but not everyone has trans fluid in a spray bottle like I do so cooking spray is the next best thing. For reasons unknown to me in the scientific world WD and CRC just don't work at keeping a NYLOCK from binding inside a socket.

Just make sure you see where it goes......those little suckers like to hide..............

Wow, I'm shocked you have a 12 inch drop and don't have a 4 link. Props

SniderTron 3000 Yeah I went the budget route lol, used drop leafs, blocks, and flip kit of course.

In general, yes. But these Thumpr cams are "all show, no go."

I've looked into it a little and the only thing I can find about it is that it makes the 1-2 shifts quicker. But, I have some tuning software and I got it so that shifts super quick in tow/haul mode. So, I'm just not sure if it's worth it. I mean, obviously its going to be an upgrade regardless, I just haven't found the answers to the questions I'm looking for before doing it.

yeah I get you . I have just installed one in 01 silverado it make a little difference but only on 2 and 4 gears it still need a good tune and some headers

Yeah, it did stiffen up the rear a touch, but not too bad. It almost improved it a little. I do actually use this as a truck lol I just hauled a couple yards of mulch in the bed last week. And, I'm definitely going to get something else down the road, probably the new Speed Engineering traction bars. And yeah I moved the snubber as far ahead so the bars could be moved as close as possible to the axle.

These are 275/60r17

Thanks

4/6 drop

1320 comments on your video asking about your truck. Definitely life goals right there!

@@johngraves9201 it's a fake channel

What do you mean?

@@SniderTron3000 Nothing bad on you personally. I watch a lot of car vids and it just occurred to me I never see people use standard ratchets anymore. Everything is powered.

@@jamessouthworth1699 I think for videos, it just takes so long that it either gets edited out or they just use an impact or something. Cause I definitely still use my ratchets a lot. I just had to buy a new 3/8 drive a few weeks ago

No, all these positive comments are going straight to his head lol

I know! I'm so moist for them lol

God dammit, is this gonna become a thing? lol

SniderTron 3000 you sure look and act like him.

Maybe he looks like me, who's older? haha it doesn't actually bother me, he seems like a cool dude.

SniderTron 3000 keep the good stuff, I once owned an '06 RCSB in same color as yours, sold it and got a '16 5.0 ' stang

Actually, this is still the first set of tires I bought for this truck since lowering it and they have probably 65-70% tread left still lol it helps that this thing wasn't really good at doing burnouts until the last like 4 months

SniderTron 3000 that's pretty good, my tires are like a year old, my truck won't do burnouts though my truck just sits there. Gonna rewatch some videos of yours soon to see what kind of things and brands you used for a few things