dazedduster
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can you run caltracts on a dayly driver without any adverse affects
perfacar said:hi, remove any preload, then remove bolt that lays on top of spring. then it will work like a street suspension,
Ace said:They hit harder with less preload, and have no effect on suspension travel under any circumstances. I run mine sugged right up for normal driving, don't even know they are there.
And yes, taking them apart wouldn't do much good for anything except giving you a few pound of steel to drag around under your chassis.
OldVart said:Just a question here, but if you remove the bolt that lays on top of the spring, haven't you just negated the total effect of the CalTracs? The whole idea of the bolt is to keep the forward segment of the leaf spring from arching upward under hard acceleration, thus keeping tension to plant the tires. If you remove that bolt, then all you have left is an adjustable rod between the lower spring mount and the front mount of the spring.
I think if you put a piece of rubber hose over that upper bolt, and just had it barely touching the spring, you would have a quiet yet usable traction device for street use.
Any and all comments on this idea are welcome. :thumbup:
krabysniper said:This from a guy who DOES NOT even posess/own caltracs, he has redneckwilly homemade suspension parts, which BTW, if ya hadn't seen the pictures he posted, here is the front part of one of his bars, take note of the cast iron plumbing fitting. "Yup, dat der iz sum eginneering. Yuk yuk!":sign6:
http://66.17.171.114/PhotoAlbum/Cars/Pics/duster_43.jpg
Wonder how long till he takes this pic off his photo album, no problem though, I have a screen shot that verifies it's his, so I can put it back up for all to see if he does.:thumbup:
Awwwwwwwww, how's it feel to have someone bag on you? Not nice is it? To bad you make it SOoooooooooooooo easy. Maybe you will learn to quit acting like a :tool:.
My apoligies to everyone else, original poster and all who offeredd him "real" advice, after recent comments by this particular chump, I figured I better respond here and prevent him from posting "spin" so I had to "call him" on it. :thumbup:
mopowers said:Why is there so much **** talking around here? Who cares if someone used cast iron fittings. It's not on your car is it?