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DEEV8 wrote:lookin at the length of his upper shackle, and the shackle angle he's got I'd say he hasn't re-drilled spring hangars at all mate...
Pretty sure JC drilled them Dee. I've got a photo I think from his thread on here or NBS that's a close up of it.
I run a 40mm OME HD rear up front and with mine drilled my shackles are just flatter than 45 deg. Think they're 110 or 120mm eye to eye. I don't know if OME HD rears are longer than standard rears though.
Yes I redrilled them, 25mm back but not in line had to up slightly probably about 5-6mm from memory. No tail shaft spacer as I not sure the diff moved forward much to enough to cause issue anyway.
DEEV8 wrote:lookin at the length of his upper shackle, and the shackle angle he's got I'd say he hasn't re-drilled spring hangars at all mate...
no i didnt redrill the rear hangers. the shackle angle is near vertical because there is no weight in the front ( no motor, box, front bar, possibly winch)so with all that in i recon it will drop it down lots and improve the angle, if not ill start again. wasnt too bad to do, easy actually and easily reversed.
a pic of it hanging, yes there still needs to be a plate welded on to stop it from inverting
11_evl wrote:i did mine like this with the spring in the orignal rear mt
i just added the piece of U box steel
just a quick question,
do u think u will have more issues with aproach angle then before since the shakles are sitting ferther out the front than before?
could this set up be done with a reverse shackle system and still work the same?
yes id say my approch angle is affected by using the RUF but the beniffits are heaps better than the bad. plus IF and WHEN i go to 33s or 35s that problem will dissapear anyway. like i have said in other posts, it has been easy to do so ill try it and if it doesnt suit my driving ill change to a different setup. i was looking into the shackle reversal option for the beniffits of sliding up ledges but couldnt find any good pics to copy off
