Puts some thougth into it. Alot of people on here seem to jump on the thats horrible sketchy train. Try the how could I make this work, ie; more stable for street then how it would be nice to get the added droop without going linked. and forget revolvers.

 

but why? Why go through the trouble when the mechanics behind it are totally ****ed?

1) you'd get incredible front end dive under braking
2) you'd need to somehow prevent the shackle from inverting
3) It's useless downtravel if there's nothing pushing down on the wheel
4) hope you like spitting ujoint caps every time you flex it out and bind the driveline
5) what happens under compression? Every time it compresses it slams against the body mount? Sounds bone jarring and in general not a good thing.
6) Sounds incredibly unpredictable

 

The problem is there's no way to control it offroad. I don't see any way in which it is a better setup than a single shackle. I understand what you're saying, but I don't see how it could be done safely and still give any improvement.

 

Thanks dukie, an opinion with some thoughts. Here what I would think you could do to remedy in order of your thoughts 1. Pin setup to lock frameside shackle for street 2.limit travel with cross bars inbetween frameside shackle 3. There is very little downforce at full droop on any setup 4. How do linked guys do it then 5. Limit with cross bars or snub on frame 6. Like a linked rear with no sways or 3/4 elliptical setup.

 

Where's the blueprint?

 

Best plugs and wires? NGK?

 

Champion Copper. Go cheap. XJs like 'em.

 

That's the only time you'll here cheap and something/someone liking something

 

Best I can do, at work

 

Wouldn't a the end of the shackle that the leafspring go to if it allowed the spring bolts to slide up and down accomplish the same purpose and in.theory be safer that is if it didn't wear out

 

They have shackle relocation thats similar to what your ssyn but they do wallow out slot, and are far more limited on travel than this setup could be. It would seem safe if locked for street and was limited for its motion of travel.

 

Who knows for my kinda wheeling I don't need insane amounts of flex

 

I love my NGKs. ZFR5N superceded the Champion RC12ECC - both dirt cheap, but quality, copper plugs. NGK RC-CRX026 is a great wire set and they're numbered, to boot.

 

I might be totally off with this one, but wouldn't the extra droop with a double-shackle setup be essentially useless anyway? You'd only be able to put so much force on two joints before it collapses. In other words, it wouldn't be able to take enough vehicle weight to create sufficient tracion, which I assume is why one would want a ton of droop. Seems a locker would be a MUCH better and safer use of funds. Don't some rocker crawlers basically have the axles bolted to the frame?

 

Read previous post, rock crawlers like controled flex. This would be more trails for me, maybe just when I just need droop for obstacle, just pull a in have tires lugs doing somethin. And again at full droop there is little to no load anyways. Thats like sayin why worry about shackle angle its not gonna put a load on the tire.