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shackle question

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:22 am
by Brett
I removed cracked/broken stock angled blocks from my bronco before the harlan trip. I do not want to put another angle block back. Does anybody have any info on longer shackles for a 3" leaf spring? How much longer do i need to get approximately 1 1/2 inch of lift and/or correct my pinion angle? How would I determine this?

Brett

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:24 am
by Steinberg
Brett, the ones on my truck are Belltech 6400's. They are usually listed as lowering shackles for a fullsize chevy. They were about 3" longer than my stock ranger shackles, and therefore gave me about 1.5" of lift at the axle.

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:50 am
by Brett
Found some on summit racing for 3" wide springs and a three inch drop. They are $100 for the pair. Seems kind of steep. What do you think?

Brett

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:54 am
by Steinberg
that would probably be them. I did not pay that much for mine, but this was back before steel prices went through the roof. It's fairly common practice to take a pair of shackles and weld them together to make one big shackle, or to cut the shackle in the middle and section it out with some plate.

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:29 am
by hssss
Flip the shackle brackets??
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:42 am
by hklvette
from the description, brett's brackets are already flipped.

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:29 am
by Stinson
generally u get half the lift of the length of the shackle.

3inch longer = 1.5 lift
6inch longer = 3inch lift

etc.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:44 pm
by Trailduster79
Those chevy lowering shackles are the same ones I am running but in the 2.5" variety.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:01 pm
by Brett
That looks like the ticket then. Time to save some money.

Brett