Traction Bar Installation On A Toyota Tacoma - Power to the Pavement

15. The bar features polyurethane bushings that need to be greased up via the preinstalled zerk fittings.

16. We also slathered the inner area of the front mount so there would be no reason for it to squeak.

17. Now, it's go time! We were lubed up and ready to get this sucker in.

18. The bar was fed into the rear bracket first. It's a tight fit, but it will go.

19. Shaughn installed the lower bolt first then pushed up on the front to get the top one in. The turnbuckle goes down, so the curved part facing up will clear the frame crossmember.

20. This is what it should look like once you have it all in.

21a. Now slip the front bracket on the bar and adjust the turnbuckle till it rest against the crossmember.

21b. ...and adjust the turnbuckle till it rest against the crossmember.

22. Loosely install the carrier-bearing bolt through the bracket, so it will stay in position while you install the front portion of the bracket.

23. Now install the hardware in the bracket and tighten them a little bit at a time. Once the bracket starts to crush down on the crossmember, you are good to go.

24. Now you can tighten the carrier-bearing bolt, locking it into place.

25. Here is a shot of it installed, and as you can see, some of the washers were omitted. Not too worry, the bracket is beefy and it should not pose any problems. If you are feeling froggy, you could trim the washers to fit, but we don't think it is necessary.

26. Shaughn went back to the turnbuckle and adjusted it so there was a small amount of tension upward on the front mount. The bar was going to move upward when we applied power, so this would get rid of any slop and make it nice and positive. From there, you can set the tension any way you want, but after driving the truck, we decided it worked great.

27. Now tighten both the jamb nuts on the turnbuckle. If you do not properly tighten the jamb nuts, there will be an excessive amount of stress placed on the threads and can cause damage to them.

28. The last part of the install required Shaughn to tighten the two bolts on the bushing.

29a. Here is a front and rear view of the URD bar once it was complete. The long arm will stop the rearend from twisting but will not affect the springs in a situation like going up a driveway or around a tight corner. This technology can be found on the IROC generation of Camaros, and it worked well for Chevrolet, so it should work for our X-Runner. Not only can we now put the tires up into smoke but also the truck transfers weight much better, allowing us to launch harder withoutspinning the tires. So this part gives you the best of both worlds, the ability to impress your buddies with lots of tire smoke and still gate the sucker next to you and leave him at the line.