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Old 12-23-2007, 02:53 PM
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Wabfab Shackles - Bushings!

Not sure if I'm just retarded after a long day wrenching or if Wabfab sent me the wrong thing, or more likely I ordered the wrong thing. But the pics below kinda tell the story. I ordered the 'Shackles Read Narrow 6" ' for the back of my 87 4Runner, which appear to be the correct part for my Year / Model. But I don't think these are gonna work.

I received 2 sets of thin kinda bushings and 2 sets of thick bushings.


Here's a pic kinda holding them up next to the half removed factory shackle.


I think what I need is another pair of the thinner bushings, or am I missing something here?
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You do, or 2 pair I think.

The thick ones are for where the springs mount to the frame at the other end. It looks like them anyway, definetely too big for the shackles.

You need 8 of the thin ones altogether for both shackles. Do you have 8, or 4? You said 2 sets, but I only see 4 of them.

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Old 12-23-2007, 03:15 PM
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Just had an idea....

Why not just use 4 of the old ones for now? Will they not fit the new shackle bolts?

NAPA has them if you're in a crunch. 4 in a box, I got the part # if you need it.

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Originally Posted by MudHippy
Just had an idea....

Why not just use 4 of the old ones for now? Will they not fit the new shackle bolts?

NAPA has them if you're in a crunch. 4 in a box, I got the part # if you need it.
I had the same idea. The stock ones were in pretty good shape, the thinner ones from Wabfab were to long, thought about sawing them to length, but the old ones will do for now.

Looks awesome now she's level.
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Problems that I don't know about cannot be fixed.

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edit: nevermind...

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Originally Posted by waskillywabbit
Problems that I don't know about cannot be fixed.

No worries dude - got it figured out.
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Hmm You got me a little worried.

I ordered greasable bolts and polly bushings from trail-gear. And I got the same thing but 2 of my bolts have more threads.

Did I order the wrong bushings to do just my rear shackles?
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So what the heck happened? Did those bushings work or not? All the shackles I see have two thick and 2 thin.
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