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thinking of making some shackles for my 40 which are the right length for the springs.

What is the recommended thickness to use for the shackles?

I currently have 6mm and 10mm plate at home.. would 6mm be enough? or should I just go find some 8mm flat bar and use that?

I anticipate the eye to eye length would be in the 5-4inch range.. so they wont be super long.

shorty_f0rty wrote:thinking of making some shackles for my 40 which are the right length for the springs.

What is the recommended thickness to use for the shackles?

I currently have 6mm and 10mm plate at home.. would 6mm be enough? or should I just go find some 8mm flat bar and use that?

I anticipate the eye to eye length would be in the 5-4inch range.. so they wont be super long.

i used 10mm , because i bent about 5 sets of stock ones, whcih are 6mm from memory.

my 10mm ones have had the whole 40 hanging up on them and still are straight as a die.

I agree, 10mm is good.

use 10.2mm thick harden steel like bisoloy

and use high tens bolts with nylock nuts

Bubs sells some on here that work out to be VERY good value.

Yep 10mm is good i made some the 60 worked good so now i got some more steel i'm going to make some for the 40

sierrajim wrote:Bubs sells some on here that work out to be VERY good value.

yep.. i'll probably go down this road.. support a great product at an affordable price and save a weekend of fcsking around for a half assed result

thanks for everyones feedback so far..

yeh x2 i run bubs shackleson me lux and ive had the truck smash on em and they are bombproof, they are ten mm thick steel with ht bolts and nylocks... cheers

i made some out of 10mm mild for my 60 and they have taken a beating and r still good i just used the pins out of my standard shackels

Made the rear ones for my Rodeo from 10mm, made the pins (welded in) from 4140 bar.

shorty_f0rty wrote: an affordable price and save a weekend of fcsking around for a half assed result

My point exactly.