How does this shackle angle look?
12-26-2014, 10:50 AM
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Like the title says how does it look? If you would change It what would you do (move the shackle forward or back in the relocators or move the spring down to the bottom hole instead of the top hole)
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12-26-2014, 11:04 AM
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Good enough for the girls I go with. Only go to the bottom shackle hole if you need more lift. I would do two things:
Change those sad looking flat leaf packs.
Replace that hardware with grade 8 or metric 10.9.
Change those sad looking flat leaf packs.
Replace that hardware with grade 8 or metric 10.9.
12-26-2014, 11:15 AM
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Those are 6 month old leaf packs.... I feel like they shouldn't be that flat already with just road driving....
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With the lift relocation brackets you're moving the top shackle bolt about 1.5" down from stock and flattening the spring out as a bi product of doing so.
No lift brackets shouldn't add any lift, hence their name.
No lift brackets shouldn't add any lift, hence their name.
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Grade 5 (or 8.8) is also fine in a shackle application. The maximum load the hardware will ever see is not even close to it's shear strength. There is very little shock load that the bolt even sees as most of the force should be absorbed by the bump stops. All the bolt needs to do is maintain sufficient tension on the bushing sleeves.
I would however run at least grade 8 in a front control arm app for example, as the shock loading is a completely different animal.
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The leafs are fine. Most statically loaded leaf packs will be close to flat. Various lift packs will vary however. Grade 5 (or 8.8) is also fine in a shackle application. The maximum load the hardware will ever see is not even close to it's shear strength. There is very little shock load that the bolt even sees as most of the force should be absorbed by the bump stops. All the bolt needs to do is maintain sufficient tension on the bushing sleeves. I would however run at least grade 8 in a front control arm app for example, as the shock loading is a completely different animal.
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