broken shackle

[olranger]

i have an 89 ranger 4x4. the driver side shackle rusted and broke. can i make my own like the old chevy lift shackles. Here is what i was thinking. take a 1/4 steel flat piect and measure the same length and width. the mounting holes would be the same as oem. then i will get bushings online for cheap and get some small pipe for the inside metal bushings. then bolt it all together and have mybe 20-25 bucks in the whole thing. what do you think. let me know

 

[olranger]

nobody, come on i know with all the gear heads out there someone has made some

 

[railman]

why spend all the time to make them????

as you stated $20-$25 in materials...not counting your time to fab them...not really worth it in my opinion....unless you just want to fab them yourself...

stockers can be had on Ebay for that much, and I got my extended ones from O'Reilly's for $30....

l8r, John

 

[jhammel85]

why spend all the time to make them????

as you stated $20-$25 in materials...not counting your time to fab them...not really worth it in my opinion....unless you just want to fab them yourself...

stockers can be had on Ebay for that much, and I got my extended ones from O'Reilly's for $30....

l8r, John

+1

My opinion would be to just buy them too unless you have the material sitting around or you got them from work or something

 

[--weezl--]

buy them, not worth making... if they were expo shackles, then yeah i would, they would be super easy... but i bought a set of belltech shackles (6400) from a local performance parts store for 57$ tax in! and they were on the shelf!