As a rule of thumb if wheel hop is a problem when climbing revalve the shocks for more rebound. Put a traction rod above the spring and or outboard if the spring is under the frame Tighten the clamps on the front half of the spring and run a limit clamp on the rear, or no clamps. Verify that you have the spring inclination correct.
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alright you cocky fawker.....
I'm with you on most of your observations, though.....there needs to be a clarification here...
wheel hop and spring wrap are NOT the same thing, and while both can (and often are) very destructive, solving one doesn't always solve the other...
case in point.....(and granted, when wheelin' w/ team fat **** you can always use the lame excuse that the trucks are too big and heavy, but all the same concepts apply, they just get exagerated and easier to see when underneith a bigblock crawler)
Hughs truck.....leaves in front, "shackle reverse" (or, shackle proper if you will)....all around, a relatively very flexy setup....
under 'normal' circumstances, it all works surprizingly well....
BUT.....2 instances when......that truck NEEDS something to control front axle/spring wrap....
1.....coming out of the hot tubs in moab.....basically under full get-it conditions....it carried the front end of the truck just a little bit, front end came down still under power (which was what was neccissary to get a fat pig out of a hot tub)....and basically, the frontend came down, "extreme traction" happened for a split second, and instead of an axle, joint, or driveshaft breaking, everything hooked and held together, so the front axle decided it would just rotate instead, and took a main leaf with it.....SNAP...
2......crawling at teh hammerz........get a front tire bound up in a big hole (which there are alot of down there), try to back out of it.....and I've had to call him on it a couple times when spotting to 'give up'.....as the front end has too much traction, I know its not going to break, and the springs just start twisting....
we've drank alot of beers trying to figure out how to propperly, effectively, and cleanly limit his frontend from wrapping......and still don't have an effective method....
its gonna just get links before too long....