Shack Flip Help
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Shack Flip Help
ok i know how to do the back part i have found lots of info on that side of it. but what the hell do i do with the front? i am not clear on how to do this. and also does anyone have any pictures of what it looks like after its done.
Front: disconnect the spring towers and shock towers from the frame,
drop the top mounting holes to the lowers mounting holes and bolt it up,
Fabricate a bracket to support the lower part of the towers.
Get new 7º c-bushings
that is what mudder460 told me to do but i am not real clear on how to fab the bracket and im going to be doing enough fab work on the back that im going to get about 5 inches out of the back by pretty much completely rebuilding both spring mounts as well as flipping them. hard to explain but will try and take pictures. anyways if anyone could help me out with the front part that would be awesome.
Front: disconnect the spring towers and shock towers from the frame,
drop the top mounting holes to the lowers mounting holes and bolt it up,
Fabricate a bracket to support the lower part of the towers.
Get new 7º c-bushings
that is what mudder460 told me to do but i am not real clear on how to fab the bracket and im going to be doing enough fab work on the back that im going to get about 5 inches out of the back by pretty much completely rebuilding both spring mounts as well as flipping them. hard to explain but will try and take pictures. anyways if anyone could help me out with the front part that would be awesome.
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All he meant for the bracket is something to fill the gap between the bottom of the frame and the bottom of the coil bucket. For example, if you used 3" box tube, you could set it on the bottom of the frame and the top of the lip on the coil bucket. Hope this helps. If I can, I will try and find some pictures, but I can't remember off the top of my head where I saw them...
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I dropped mine about 3 1/2". It puts the wheels back where they belong in the wheel wells and gets the pinion angle back where it belongs.
Edit: Ok I thought you were talking about the front rear spring hangers
Edit: Ok I thought you were talking about the front rear spring hangers
Last edited by mark a.; Aug 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM. Reason: ok I thought you were talking about the front rear spring hangers
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Finally found it. The offroad forum has a tech thread at the top, and this was in it:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...ng-towers.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...ng-towers.html
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