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Chris Alston brackets. 5 holes, but i have seen them with 3 and 4 holes.

I still think your making it more complicated than it has to be. The simlpest way usually is the best way.

I want to put some of those ladder bar adjusters on my John Trac's.. Looks like they would be handy.

John_Heard wrote:I want to put some of those ladder bar adjusters on my John Trac's.. Looks like they would be handy.

Okay, but use Rod Cole's design and not mine. Both a brick and a flyswatter meet the design goal of killing a fly and are thus flawless. Compared to Rod's design, mine is the brick.
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Sorry - wasn't clear. Not sure how one would use your idea on a leaf spring car Billy, I was referring to the adjuster on the conventional bars in the photo above my post.

John_Heard wrote:Not sure how one would use your idea on a leaf spring car....

My bad. I didn't read your post closely.

Still, this presents an interesting design problem. If the front of the leaf spring could be somehow "captured" in a piece which embodies Rod's design concept, it would enable a wide choice of antisquat percentages. This might be of value for those racing in a class which demands retention of the stock springs.
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BillyShope wrote: Don't think it would be all that difficult. The following would be the procedure with the 3 Heim design: Place jackstands forward of the frame brackets with enough load to stabilize the car. If the car has positive preload....

Should have been:

If the car has NEGATIVE preload....
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A better idea......

supernova wrote:A better idea......

I dont think that will swivel when its tightened.

Use a nilock

Put a rubber mounted bushing or a Heim at the front of the block marked "Solid" and it's great. This does have an advantage over Ron's design in that finer adjustments are available. The price is a bit more time to make the change.
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With just a nyloc you have a lot of metal to metal contact in the bracket also there is no place for a safety strap if the bolt ever broke or fell out.Looks like a good idea for more adjustment, so who is going to be the guinea pig for some testing? Chris?

I would build and try it if I hadn't already had a ladder bar system in. I'm not afraid.

supernova wrote:I would build and try it if I hadn't already had a ladder bar system in. I'm not afraid.

Build one for Rob Chris he can try it along with his new blower setup...

Blower set up?????????????? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol i think moe is refering to the thing on the other site lol