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Post by tremonti887 on Dec 28, 2005 23:44:14 GMT -5
Ok, im prolly gonna look dumb as dirt asking this, but what exactly are shackles used for?? My dad brought some home the other day and jus sat em in my truck and he sort of explained it to me, but it still wasnt clear. So any help is apprectiated.
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Post by DrumBum on Dec 29, 2005 0:21:01 GMT -5
shackles connect one end of your leaf springs to the frame. when you flex your suspension and flatten out the arched spring, it gets longer, end-to-end. so the shackles swing and allow the spring to flex.  here you can see how the shackle (far right of the spring, behind the exhaust pipe) swings down as the suspension droops. and when the axle gets pushed back up, the shackle swings back. hope that makes sense and helps ya! |
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Post by tremonti887 on Dec 29, 2005 0:51:58 GMT -5
thanks bro, that helps tremendously. so i guess they are pretty good things to put on me truck?? or are they more hassle than what they are worth.
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Post by Freerider661 on Dec 29, 2005 15:11:52 GMT -5
thanks bro, that helps tremendously. so i guess they are pretty good things to put on me truck?? or are they more hassle than what they are worth. Well if you plan on driving your truck they are a GOOD THING. Your truck probally already has some on, go lay under your truck and look. Without them your suspension would be about useless. Unless you took them off, then i'd bet you have some on, cause thats how they came from the factory. chad |
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Post by tremonti887 on Dec 29, 2005 18:48:36 GMT -5
lol sorry man, forgot to explain. i've got some new ones that are about 2 inches longer than the factory. are they worth the effort to switch out???
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Post by DrumBum on Dec 31, 2005 0:56:48 GMT -5
if they're 2 inches longer than the ones on your truck right now they'll give you an inch of lift and let your springs flatten out more when you flex em. if the rear end of your truck is sagging at all, or you just want to lift it up an inch, i'd say slap em on!
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Post by tremonti887 on Jan 1, 2006 18:44:27 GMT -5
ok, one more question guys.... these babies came with the truck and theres no name, no numbers or anything on em. so i cant research em. so i started to look on my truck and was lookin at the shackles and got to lookin at mine and i jus cant figure it out....so....are these front or rear shackles?? or does it matter??  |
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Post by 4xfreak on Jan 2, 2006 2:49:08 GMT -5
What year is your truck??? Does it have leaf springs in the front or an Independant Front Suspension? If it is 1986 or newer it has IFS.
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Post by tremonti887 on Jan 2, 2006 15:36:20 GMT -5
leaf springs on the front. its an '84
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Post by 83mudota on Jan 9, 2006 21:31:04 GMT -5
seeing that it's been a week since the last post i think i'll jump in and say that those are definitely fronts, and if you already have some lift in your truck your probably going to need degree shims between the springs and axle to change the pinion angle so that the u-joint does'nt bind on your front drive shaft
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Post by tremonti887 on Jan 20, 2006 10:35:52 GMT -5
darn, i was hoping they were rears to halp my bed sag, but o well. thanks for you guys help.
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