Traction Bar

[Ethans84]

Hi, does anybody have a picture of what the traction bars look like on an early SVO. I have these weird bars with rubber ends on them that look like they contol how far down the axle can travel. it's weird. I'll take a picture tommorow if that helps.

[Fastest4d]

they are called slapper bars and the rubber part does hit the axles they were replace by the quad shock in 85

[Ethans84]

Is the quadra shock system vastly superior? Is it worth converting to a quadra shock system?

[Alex L]

replaced by the quad shock in 85

early 84 actually; all the 83 production run had slappers, phased out sometime in q1 84. my april 84 production had quads.

as for 'superior' id have to go with a meh. if you're looking for an upgrade, go with a heim-poly/rubber upper/lower trailing arm; kiss suspension bind goodbye. (thought there a lot of other cheaper upgrades you can do before ripping the suspension completely apart)

[Ethans84]

Thanks, yeah, I think mine was made in november of 83.

[k98dave]

On the subject of slapper bars, one on my car has split and previous owner has it wrapped in duct tape. (UGH)! Any body know of replacement rubber for these?

Thanks