Which traction bars to use

[bbbentley]

Regardless of which bar you run, and advice given to extend the snubber under the spring eye, 1st , that front clamp or squared off U bolt serves to keep the bars from diving too much and risking hitting the pavement. So, the tails may look cooler, but may not serve a purpose or be necessary, IMO. 2nd, you may not want to drastically modify either set of bars with extensions for the spring eye. One way to preserve unmodified bars are to Find tubing that slips inside the bars tubing , snug. Use the snubber hole as the means to secure the bar. One way would be to weld a nut (after drilling a hole) on the inside top of the slide in bar. Run a bolt down snubber hole through nut. If there is some rattling because of a little slop in the two bars, inner & outer, wrap some electrical tape around the inner bar to prevent noise. This way you have not permanently altered or welded on your vintage, unmolested set. You will also most likely need to add a vertical spacer to the end of the bar for snubber to get close to the spring eye. These thoughts may be obvious to most on the site, but I felt this was good practical approach that others may benefit?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Don't rule out a set of "Harrell" style spring clamps...I know these worked pretty well and don't have the fitting issues the bars have.

-wilma