Safe shackle length? 8" too long?
May 21, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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Safe shackle length? 8" too long?
I want to raise my back end a little. Currently I have AAL and 6" shackles.
I got bj spacers and want to crank my torsion bars a little and raise the back end to match. Is and 8" shackle to long. This is only a temporary till I get my Chevies mounted up.
What do you think is too long to be safe?
I got bj spacers and want to crank my torsion bars a little and raise the back end to match. Is and 8" shackle to long. This is only a temporary till I get my Chevies mounted up.
What do you think is too long to be safe?
May 21, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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Folks have run that long a shackle before, actually pretty common with the Chevy springs. Be sure it is braced and account for the pinion angle change and it should be OK. I ran 7" (center-center) shackles for quite a few years on the rear and front of my '85:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...shtml#Shackles
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...shtml#Shackles
Last edited by 4Crawler; May 21, 2007 at 12:20 PM.
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