If you hopping that means you have the traction, and it is spinning cause of the hopping, make sense? Your leaf springs are being bent to wierd shape then they spring back to the orginal shape, creating the hopp, then during the hopp your tires loose traction and spin. You need to eliminate the wheel hop, when you do that will keep traction.....

If had a a chalk board and you sitting in front of me I could explain it alot better.... BTW I have a minor in physics, don't ask me why, I just really enjoyed all those classes(forces, wave motion, hydology, thermo, etc).... Strangely it comes in handy some times...

 

if you use the caltracs, take out your overload leaf spring.

 

watch this video and tell me what you think. this was a 1.70 60'. i wish the video was from closer but even from half track you can watch the bed of my truck bounce up and down....then if you pay attention to the front end of the truck every time the bed bounces up (losing traction) the nose of the truck dives down. it does it 3 or 4 times until it totally grabs.

traction shouldnt be an issue at all. im running 28X10 hoosier full slicks on a 16X10" wheel.

http://media.putfile.com/all-motor-LS1-silverado

 

what will that do? its the bottom leaf thats the overload right? how do i get it off?

 

i wish i could explain how it works but think about all the mono leaf cars with caltracs. they launch hard as hell. maybe someone can explain.

it's not that hard, undo the ubolts and the center bolt that holds the leaf springs togeter. remove the bottom spring and put back together.

it will lower the truck a little.

 

get a c-clamp . . . unbolt your spring from the axle, jack up the truck, place the c-clamp on the center of the leaf pack, and undo the center bolt. It's under a "load" so that's what the c-clamp is for. Undo the over load spring + the steel shim, and then out the center pin back in. you might have to use a vice grip or a small pipe wrench. The bottom of the center pin is rounded, and there's no head on it.

 

im pulling the leafs completely out for the cal-tracs so there wont be a need for the clamp.

bluecajun, i guess it just lets it squat easier. guess its time to c-notch it too

 

bluecajun,

you went with the rancho 6000's didnt you? how do you like them so far?

 

what he said...

with MTDR, I had wheel hop...
with MT 28x10.5x15 slicks...no wheel hop...
still debating the install of the Cal-Tracs that I already have...
I was told to check my pinion angle at launch or even during a power brake to see if the angle raises much above parallel to the ground...if so, install the the Cal-Tracs

 

these are them.
http://www.gorancho.com/html/product.../rs9000xl.html

i like them alot. their stiffer than the stock shocks were. the stock ones were too bouncy for me especially after i dropped the truck.

i went with the ones for a stock height truck. if your lower than 2/4, you might want to cross refference pn's for some shorter shocks.