drop shackles

[93'Stranger]

has anyone ever built their own drop shackles? if so how.. cause i had a few idea on how to

 

[Downey]

they are to cheap to build your own but the time you buy the bushings and the steel you are over the 60 dollars for a pair of them. to even make a drop shackel work on your truck you will need to flip your hangers. so you can get 2 inches of drop for the price of 8 grade 8 bolts washes lock washers and nuts. then a drop shackle would work other wise you will be lifting the back of the truck.


Here are the shackles everyone is running on the lifted trucks but would work great if you did a hang flip.

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[93'Stranger]

well i was just asking because i have plenty of steel and get any bolts from work, but i think ill just go with the block and u bolts.

 

[dangeranger87]

just levelled my 97 ranger today. just flipped the rear shackle hangers by drilling out the rivets and bolting in the hangers upside down. gave me about a 2 1/2" drop for the cost of 8 bolts and 16 washers. i dont know how your suspension is set up but i don think drop shackles will work because the shackles hang down.but if you flip them over you can go as low as you want till you hit the axle.

 

[dangeranger87]

block and u-bolts wont work cuz your axle is under the leaf springs. you would be lifting if you use blocks unless you weld on new mounts on the botton of the axle and put it on top of the leafs. this is kind tricky though cuz if you blow through the axle housing when your welding its done.

 

[93'Stranger]

im wanting to lift it thats why im gonna use blocks

 

[Downey]

^^^^ lowered guys dont understand. your going to spend almost as much money on new ubolts as you will on shackles buy shackles never stack blocks on top of blocks.