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Big Q . I have the money for a set of extended shackles and new bushes. Was wondering do i need to or should i replace all the bushes whilst im getting new ones for the shackles? Also i havn't ever taken a leaf spring off before (or undone it from a shackle) is there anything i should know about doing this? i assume there would be a fair bit of pressure on one of those things. What part of the car should i jack up to do it? will the car lean to one side when the spring is undone and is it hard to get the spring back to where its ment to go or are thye happy where they are on level ground? just wanna get ready this time unlike the body lift and the gear stick incidents. lol

Tosh

the way i did it (one of the first field type fixes i ever attempted, so may not be the ideal way)

on a 40 series, i jacked up from the very front of the chassis (i.e. where it met the bumper.

if you jack it to the point where the wheel is still on the ground, but obviously drooping (not holding weight) my leaves did not seem to have much energy stored up. i used a block of wood to cover the end of the shackle pins and hit the wood with a hammer to knock them out (otherwise buggered threads). once the new shackles were on, one of my leafs actually arched itself back behind the shackle mount (inverted) so i had to jack it back up, i put a jack between the axle housing and the chassis, jacked up the chassis off the housing, and lowered it at the front, which put the shackle back to normal, where i then released the other jack.

i'd replace bushings and everything while i was in there... might as well, it's not much extra dosh. hardest parts can be spring pins which have not been undone in 20 odd years, with loads of grime and corrosion. hard work, but not many pitfalls (i.e. gearsticks with bodylifts)

it's pretty straight forward

just be careful, im not 100% on this but from what i can tell from QT mod guide shackle extensions are illigal in QLD.....but you see them all the time?????????????

Shooosh!!! What they wont know wont hurt them nah 31"s is illegal in QLD so already gone.

Tosh