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Shackle Flip Along With Other Questions

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About to replace the stiff as hell 6" lift currently in my K5 with EZ Ride Tuff Country. Is worth the $190 to do a shackle flip and use a 2" new spring pack? I am going with the Bilsteins shocks already.

Also, I have been using a AGR box and now going to the PSC that you guys sell to do cross over steering. Is the PSC comparable? The $350 version?

PS, buying the lift, shocks, steering brace, crossover and box from you shortly. Should help with at least the shipping right getting it all at once?


Thanks
 
Chris will be along at some point...

IMO, it's pretty much always better to run some kind of 4" flip and extended shackles or a mild lift spring... the more lift the spring has, the sh*ttier it rides...
 
My thought also, but $190 better? Not trying to nickel and dime, just be sensible about it.
 
yes for the money, a shackle flip w/ some mild lift springs and good quality shocks will ride fantastic.the less spring arch built into standard springs, the better they will ride. the caveat there would be custom ordered springs, at which point I'd say that would be the best way. but a shackle flip is such an improved design over the stock design that it will always ride better than leaving it factory.

another thought would be to buy some junkyard stock springs and just use a longer shackle. but by the time you get used springs and clean them up and install them I think you'd be happier with a fresh set of springs.

I bought a full psc setup from ORD when I built my last truck, and it steered and drove super fine!
1 finger lock to lock w/ 40s parked at idle. and steady and true running 75 down the freeway. the steering was a HUGE part of that . also worth it to get both steering braces to keep your frame from cracking.
 
Smokinthehippies said:
yes for the money, a shackle flip w/ some mild lift springs and good quality shocks will ride fantastic.the less spring arch built into standard springs, the better they will ride. the caveat there would be custom ordered springs, at which point I'd say that would be the best way. but a shackle flip is such an improved design over the stock design that it will always ride better than leaving it factory.

another thought would be to buy some junkyard stock springs and just use a longer shackle. but by the time you get used springs and clean them up and install them I think you'd be happier with a fresh set of springs.

I bought a full psc setup from ORD when I built my last truck, and it steered and drove super fine!
1 finger lock to lock w/ 40s parked at idle. and steady and true running 75 down the freeway. the steering was a HUGE part of that . also worth it to get both steering braces to keep your frame from cracking.
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I spent the last 4 years dicken with scraping trucks to build my K5, I done with. Should of been done years ago. ORD here I come...
 
The first magazine install we did was on a shortbed stepside that had 6" TCI rear springs that we replaced with a 4" flip and a 2" rear spring. Ride quality was way better and flex on a test ramp (this was the 90s, ramps were really cool and it's still useful for measuring) went up by about 1/3rd. So overall it was better. $190 better? That's hard to judge, people all put different values on the ride quality and flex.

Unfortunately we can't do a 6" lift spring out of our custom line in the 52 or 56" length since the arch gets so deep on them. we have to stretch them out to the 64" mounts to get the 6" arch to work and then we keep the tension shackle system and really take advantage of it's strengths. At 6" of lift with 52's we need a flip and spring combo. On a K5 with much rear weight you may even consider 4" of flip and a 3" lift spring to help hold it up. Especially with a D60 up front providing some extra height.
 
I don't think that $190 is bad if it does provide a better ride.

So, shackle flip and 3" springs is what you are saying to compensate for the dana 60 in the front even though I have a 14 bolt rear?
 
The D60 adds 3/4" or so to the height but the 14 bolt doesn't add much, maybe 1/4 or less. And K5s have all that junk in the back that pushes the springs down, especially with the hard top and tailgate guts.
 
Stephen said:
The D60 adds 3/4" or so to the height but the 14 bolt doesn't add much, maybe 1/4 or less. And K5s have all that junk in the back that pushes the springs down, especially with the hard top and tailgate guts.
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I currently have a 1" zero rate in the rear, would you pull that.
 
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