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Removing Extended Shackles

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Removing Extended Shackles

Post by mattress_821 »

hey guys..i have a hilux with 3 inch suspension 2 inch body and 2 inch shackles on 33's..Im going to get it engineered in a few weeks and am taking the shackles out to do so..When fitting standard shcakles back in is there any problems i might run into or is it pretty straight forward?
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Post by Weiner »

Straight forward, take the old ones out put the new ones in, shouldn't take long.
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Post by the gun »

shock lenght?
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Post by mattress_821 »

i thought the shocks might be a problem beacuase there apparently rear shocks, how do i measure the shock? just from eye to eye or the from one eye to the seal? cheers
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Post by dans-paj92 »

Take the shock completely out (not hard all you need is a 17mm spanner to undo the 2 bolts on each shock).
compress it completely and measure it, then extend it and measure it.
Then measure the distance from shock mount on diff to shock mount on chassis.
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Post by toaddog »

Wreckers and get an old set for the front
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