Mud racing/ ladder bar setup

79 150 swb 9" want to build a ladder bar setup. Anyone have pics. of yours you could post to give me some ideas on how I need to do this.

Thanks Nick, all the pics. I can look at will give me a few different ideas!! Kris and I have shared a few pics. also. Thanks again guys!!! Ralph

I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result. And ummm Nick? Is that muffler clamps around the axle?

Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

IcallhimGeorge wrote:I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result.
Snippo...
Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

That setup looks kinda scary, big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts, wouldn't be my choice of a safe suspension.
Part of the problem of ladder bars in combination with leaf springs is the front 1/2 of the spring is in a bind. So all the shock
loads are on the rear 1/2, the right way to do it is to have a shackle on the front with either a Panhard bar or Watts link to
locate the rear end...

As Kris said, the frame should be boxed at the pick-up point for front of the ladder bar...

canzus wrote:big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts

it looks like 2 blocks stacked......

I dont think that set-up will do anything except rotate those muffler clamps on the rear diff. when it trys to twist, and cause some major binding in your up and down travel on the springs.

canzus wrote:

IcallhimGeorge wrote:I kept ripping mounts like that directly off my frame. I even bent my frame on the passenger side as a result.
Snippo...
Id suggest a plate to tie a mount like that into the vertical portion of the frame in addition to the lip or a crossmember.

That setup looks kinda scary, big old lift block with what looks like 1/2" u-bolts, wouldn't be my choice of a safe suspension.
Part of the problem of ladder bars in combination with leaf springs is the front 1/2 of the spring is in a bind. So all the shock
loads are on the rear 1/2, the right way to do it is to have a shackle on the front with either a Panhard bar or Watts link to
locate the rear end...

As Kris said, the frame should be boxed at the pick-up point for front of the ladder bar...

A panhard bar mounts where?

usually from the driver side of the axle to the passenger side frame. Opposite of the track bar in the front.

i figured those pics would make a great conversation piece .......... everything about those ladder bars look half azz .......

bruno wrote:i figured those pics would make a great conversation piece .......... everything about those ladder bars look half azz .......

Looked like shit to me, but I never look a gift horse in the mouth, thanks for the time and effort anyway.