Heavy duty rear shackle hanger.

[RockRanger]

Awhile back I built some new shackles for the rear suspension. I built them to match the length of the Belltecks that I have been running. All was good till I went to install them and the 2" OD bushing I used would not clear the factory hangers. I put it on the back burner and finally built some new hangers. They are made out of 1/4" plate.I also made a backing plate that the nuts are tacked to on the inside of the frame. I only did this because my gas tank is in the way of easy access to the back.

The pieces.

20160215_134045 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Then compared to the stock piece. The stock hanger is an original 23 year old piece.

20160215_141732 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

20160215_141745 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Installed on the truck with my new shackles.

20160216_150438 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

20160216_150426 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

 

[bobbywalter]

reminds me of the ttb brackets i got from joel.....


they would rip the k member out before they failed....