wheel hop

**jaymzm715** · January 7th, 2009, 02:54 PM

any thoughts on stopping wheel hop? i'm running 33" grip spur tires w/springover front & shackle fliped rear.350ci bowtie stock trans & transfer case,stock axles & ring & pinion ratios.haven't had truck long enough to notice if it did that with the 42" tsls it came with.it happens when plowing deep snow.

**gun512** · January 7th, 2009, 03:05 PM

One of the simpler ways to help correct wheel hop is to make your spring perches longer. All of our trail rigs we do that with. Just use some 2.5x2.5x1/4 wall and cut it about 7-8 inches long and make a spring perch out of that. Of course you could always get some heim joints and weld a tab on the top or bottom on both sides of the axle tube and then a mouning point along the frame.

**jaymzm715** · January 14th, 2009, 09:50 AM

anybody have pics of either set up?

**Doug** · January 14th, 2009, 11:43 AM

Did they pull some springs out of the packs... Stock 715s aren't really known for viscous wheel hop. IIRC there are 7 springs in the rear packs....that's almost a guess, but i think it's right.