super stiff ride- are springs or shackles to blame?
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super stiff ride- are springs or shackles to blame?
Long story short, i had leafs cracking off my cherokee and i needed a new pair but tk cheap to buy lifted leafs. I found a guy locally selling 4" lifted leafs from an '88 dodge power wagon. Being that they are the right.width and almost the same offset, i could not turn them down for $40.
So i bolted them to my main and it gave.me a ton of lift. However i didnt take into account that re arching the springs that much also shortened the eye to eye length, therefore my shackles.are now at their.full extention.
This things rides stiffer than a male **** star, doesnt sag and bary moves up.
I used the lower 3 leafs off the dodge packs and just my main, im not sure if thats the prob or if its due.to my shackles being fully extended.
I may do a shackle rocate first and see what happens just cuz i dont want to pull the leafs apart again.
Do you thing that will.work? Or are these springs just too heavy?
So i bolted them to my main and it gave.me a ton of lift. However i didnt take into account that re arching the springs that much also shortened the eye to eye length, therefore my shackles.are now at their.full extention.
This things rides stiffer than a male **** star, doesnt sag and bary moves up.
I used the lower 3 leafs off the dodge packs and just my main, im not sure if thats the prob or if its due.to my shackles being fully extended.
I may do a shackle rocate first and see what happens just cuz i dont want to pull the leafs apart again.
Do you thing that will.work? Or are these springs just too heavy?
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I wanted s10 leafs but couldnt find any locally. I might swap out the long dodge leaf for the one that was on there, and keep to two lower dodge leafs on for the arch. I will be towing a 19ft boat with this in the spring, so i do want them to be able to support that load.
I think over the long weekend i might cut the old shackle buckets off and make some custom ones to correct the angle
I think over the long weekend i might cut the old shackle buckets off and make some custom ones to correct the angle
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