Help with ladder bar adjustments

Dick Butler · 07-09-2009, 07:56 AM

Mike Pearson, If the cars are the same motor, trans, wheel base tires etc and yours uses a down angle the position might work but.... All the factors must be the same. The Down Angle theory is not a cure all.
It only works when it works. Weighing the car out and finding instant centers for the positions and a starting point for stick versus auto versus T- Brake is THE way to do it but with a ladder bar and at best 3 holes slow choices works. Pinion angle must be adjusted as someone stated for each position tried to prevent bind or breakage. When we had our chassis shop which built and installed 4 links and ladder bars we even found a few cars where NONE of the positions worked. We moved brackets, added holes or moved the crossmember itself if it were too low in the car. It is not just angle it down in the car it could kill traction in some cars.

07-09-2009, 07:56 AM	#7
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Help with ladder bar adjustments Mike Pearson, If the cars are the same motor, trans, wheel base tires etc and yours uses a down angle the position might work but.... All the factors must be the same. The Down Angle theory is not a cure all. It only works when it works. Weighing the car out and finding instant centers for the positions and a starting point for stick versus auto versus T- Brake is THE way to do it but with a ladder bar and at best 3 holes slow choices works. Pinion angle must be adjusted as someone stated for each position tried to prevent bind or breakage. When we had our chassis shop which built and installed 4 links and ladder bars we even found a few cars where NONE of the positions worked. We moved brackets, added holes or moved the crossmember itself if it were too low in the car. It is not just angle it down in the car it could kill traction in some cars.