shackles... had some made up.

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:03 am

Well after months of wanting.. A mate of mine finally made some up for me.

I'm hoping the steel is thick enough so that the shackle is stong enough to withstand whatever it is going to take... I'm guessing only time will tell though.

I've wound up the front RHS, but couldn't crack the top nut on the front LHS, so i'm hoping to get that done today or tommorrow, either with an oxy or a rattle gun or both if it's that stuburn..

Post by **Bowhunter** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:50 am

looks good mate, hope they hold up for ya!

Luke

Post by **-Mick-** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:10 pm

how much longer are they

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:14 pm

from memory it was about 80mm longer, with a brace in the center.

Post by **-Mick-** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:35 pm

icebreaker wrote:from memory it was about 80mm longer, with a brace in the center.

cool.... they looked longer in the pic

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:40 pm

well it's about double from eye to eye really..

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:50 pm

my only concern was the leafs look flat as a tack, but having just had a look through some old photo's i've noticed something curious.. my front was higher than the back... And when dialing up the front end on the weekend, I noticed the front has already been wound up abit...

So not i'm thinking the rear parabolic springs have been reset at some point and have sagged like a mofo... Or pos. are just saggy like an old womans b00bs.. hehehe

Might have to go hunting for some other springs, and then put a smaller shackle on...

She does handle 100x better on the road though, with the weight pushed on the front abit, it was abit of a battle to keep it rolling in a straight line on the highway, but she certainly seems to be alot smoother now.... *shrugs*

Post by **lkgrainger** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:56 pm

Thats prob half my problem with m back up high and the nose wound up as high as it can go. Wanders a bit on the highway.

Post by **crazymanwithavan** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:06 pm

hi icebreaker,
aside from the differences in height, has there been any change in articulation?

Post by **icebreaker** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:33 pm

not sure mate, I haven't been off road at all yet, or tried testing it to notice any change..

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