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Shackle flip problems? and flex

1982blazer

1982blazer

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What do yall think of my pinion angle?
What about my shackle angle?
Did i get the spring hangers on the right sides?
And finialy did i put my springs in back wards?
Baisicly did i totaly screw up and have to redo every thing thanks in advance and for helpin a noob out:(. I just want to be 100% sure before i tear back into it.

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First pic = irrelevant , no weights on it .

Second pic , if the weights on it , is not so good . Mine isn't perfect either , but its ( shackle itself ) farther back than that .

Is your weight at its max now , or do you still have stuff you don't have loaded in the rear yet ?

You may end up needing to move the flip bracket .

The pinion angle , if on the ground , looks fine for using a CV shaft .
 
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In the second pic all the weight is on the truck. I am using the stock drive shaft. Here are some better pics ,with the truck on the ground i dont have the gas tank back in yet but other than that im done.
So i might have to move my hangers back. and one last thing how do i tell if i put my springs in back wards.

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youll need to move the hangers forward to get a better angle.. thats what i did on my truck, however my angle wasnt quite that bad...
 
your shackle angle is terrible. measure your springs from the center of each end. seems weird that the angle would be that bad. the pinion angle looks OK.
 
is it just me or does the axle seem to be sitting a 1/2 an inch to an inch forward...i swaer my old mud bogg truck looked just like this when i made a homebrew shackle...i think i remeber someone on here telling me a flip will not move the axle foward no matter what..weird..
 
twoslo4five0 said:
is it just me or does the axle seem to be sitting a 1/2 an inch to an inch forward...i swaer my old mud bogg truck looked just like this when i made a homebrew shackle...i think i remeber someone on here telling me a flip will not move the axle foward no matter what..weird..
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whoever said that was wrong, its simple geometry.. take a pencil in your hand and hold it level on either end, now pivot your right hand down holding your left hand constant, does your right hand not move to the left
 
that looks like a normal shackle flip forward position. the angle on that shackle doesnt look good though, like the spring is too short or has no weight on it.
 
Should look like this with the weight of the truck on it . The original poster never did say it was off the off the jackstands yet .


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Its not moved forward enough for any significance , that picture is more of an optical illusion , the rear fender fang is cut off , so the tire looks closer to the front of the wheelwell than the rear .
 
The truck is off the jack stands, i just removed all the pictures from this thread that show the truck on jack stands. so now in all the pictures the truck is on the ground. The weight is at max minus the gas tank,every thing is put back together.
 
Well then yes your bracket needs moved forward . Although when those brand new ( well they look nice and new ) springs get some use and settle , it should move back a little anyway .

I can't tell you how it relates to wheeling , or any real technical information on it , but the guys on this board seem to like the shackle laying back a lot . Mine is straight up and down basically and its not a problem . It lays down when more weight is added or the axle/spring compresses , and swings forward when the axle droops .

I did read this , its about racing with leaf springs , but has some good information about shackles . http://www.bedfordspeedway.com/toolbox_leaf.htm
 
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