Rear Shackel Problem
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Just thought of another thing when you do build your driveshaft and rotate diff your gonna need a new diff cover that has a higher fill plug location to put at least 3/4 a liter more oil in that diff so you can still get oil to the pinion bearing. Bet you never thought of that yet.. I know you were asking about gear oil the other day
Dam I am screwed with those springs!!!!! How about making it like a slipper spring? Let it slid under a piece a channel?
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I'm about to give up
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What's with all the flak?
Scatgo, the the prob I see is that the main spring is wrapped so the eye is above the spring, not below it.
Here's a pic of mine so you can see the difference. 10" "Banana" spring BTW
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Scatgo, the the prob I see is that the main spring is wrapped so the eye is above the spring, not below it.
Here's a pic of mine so you can see the difference. 10" "Banana" spring BTW
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Last edited by Briansshop; Sep 6, 2010 at 09:25 AM. Reason: sp
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Thanks bro..
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Easy guy. They sent the wrong spring. The eye is suposed to be on the bottom. As you can see in Brians pic it matters....
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unless you ordered the wrong ones, then i guess it sucks to be you and your stuck with them, gotta make em' work somehow.
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Here it is just for info though:
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Not really, considering the rear no longer moves in an arc fashion like a typical shackle. It now keeps the rear much in the same postion with the ladder bars and coilovers. Meaning I only get slight up and down travel keeping the tires in the same location in the wheel wells at all times.
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All that lift and your diffs are still only 15" off the dirt, well concrete. Hey kjet, why not just run coilovers and a 4 link instead of leafs + coilovers and ladder bars? Coilovers + leafs make me laugh, like the vw bug guys with c.o. on there already sprung front end.