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echobit style flip question

sandawgk5

sandawgk5

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Are there any design issues with the echobit style of shackle flip? I dont see many people running them is it just because they dont make them anymore are is there something fundamentally wrong with the design.

Thanks

Ira
 
I'd say it is because they are no longer made(seems to be an obvious reason why people aren't getting them). Plenty of people run them, and did buy them, when they were sold.
 
not possitive if he's still selling them, but backyardbuilt sold me a set about a year ago.
 
The design was fine...


The only complaints I'd heard were about the build quality (fit issues mostly) and then of course the whole fiasco where the company took a bunch of money for orders and then closed up shop and disappeared....

I actually bought a new-in-box Echobit flip kit a while back. My intention was to duplicate the original kit (maybe making a few improvements) and then start offering it for sale again. I feel that the market is still strong for the product, especially from a source with the integrity to fill orders in a timely manner and deliver a quality product....


:thinking:


Hmmmmm......maybe I should build a couple dozen and start pimping them as a "Vendor" around here to test my theory?
 
I've got the echobit flip on mine. Got it used with no instructions. qualitywise mine were very well built, nice welds. My problem was since it had been used the process of torquing the bolt that holds it to the stock hanger caused the ends to pinch in. This made for a tight fit over my hangers. Only thing we could use to open it up was a hydraulic porta-power. But once we did the flip brackets slid right on.

Way easier than drilling/removing the rivits and installing brackets in the stock location.
 
Are you stuck with running 52s with this setup or will the shackle accomadate for the extra 4" of spring on a 56. The echobit style flip is by far more simple than drilling rivits but I want to run 56's for obvious reasons :D

Thanks

Ira
 
sandawgk5 said:
I know I was just wondering if you could only run 52s with it or can I run 56s.

Ira
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Nope.. I finished mine yesterday I'll post pics all you'd have to do is swap what bracket goes on what side..hope that makes sense..But i am now running 52" springs :D
 
I understand that to run 52s there is no need to remove rivets. However I intend to run 56s which requires the spring hangers to be moved rearward=>I would have to remove the rivets inorder to move the spring hanger.

Ira
 
Somebody might chime in here, but I thought I remember seeing on the ecobit website that you could run 56" springs if you swap the brackets side to side.... If you look at the holes, the new hole for the shackle is not directly in line with the upper hole where the bracket bolts to the stock spring hanger.

Do some searching and I think you might find an old thread on the guy from echobit using 56" springs.
 
You can run a 56" with the echobit. No rivets to move, but I would suggest a longer shackel for a bit better angle. You can see the longer belltech shackel in my pictures :D
 
oohhhhhhh. I thought you had 52s MY BAD :D :D

I misunderstood I thought you meant you had to swap the spring hangers side to side not the echobit brackets.

Thanks

Ira
 
I have the Echobit flip in my K5, and I have beat the SH!T out of that thing for over 3 years w/o any problems at all. I run mine w/ the sides switched and a longer shackle w/ Ford 57's and it works perfect... and stretches the wheelbase out around 6" or so.
 
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