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hi all

i need help on making a set of shackles

as i'm putting a set of ifs rear springs in the rear of my hilux so what size flat bar and brace do i use and how far does the eye to eye have to be

my setup is going to be
rear up front
2" extended front shackles
ifs rear spring in the rear
and custom rear shackles

id tell u. but that would be sellin business... ahaha pm me if u want me to make u some cheep...

normally use 10mm x 50mm flat bar, n 200 eye to eye... hope u got big drillbits to make them ie 19mm..

Slayer wrote: id tell u. but that would be sellin business... ahaha pm me if u want me to make u some cheep...

normally use 10mm x 50mm flat bar, n 200 eye to eye... hope u got big drillbits to make them ie 19mm..

do you put any bracing between them
ie like some bock section welded between the plates

i was thinking with longer shackles it maye have more flex maybe good or bad i duno i would say bad as it would throw the handling out but im no expert

runnin4life wrote:

Slayer wrote: id tell u. but that would be sellin business... ahaha pm me if u want me to make u some cheep...

normally use 10mm x 50mm flat bar, n 200 eye to eye... hope u got big drillbits to make them ie 19mm..

do you put any bracing between them
ie like some bock section welded between the plates

i was thinking with longer shackles it maye have more flex maybe good or bad i duno i would say bad as it would throw the handling out but im no expert

using 10mm x 50mm flatbar would prolly not require bracing as the standard shackels are about 35mm x 6mm. but for peace of mind i would definitly put a brace in it. (if they were to fail it could get messy)

only weld the vertical sides of the box not top and bottom.

is that so it still has sideways flex

tozook,

These are the rear setup on my brothers rig (The Bush Canary) with the above mentioned setup. They are 8" eye to eye, 75mm X 10mm with the bolt brace as showm. If you counter sink the grease nipples 5.5mm this then gives the correct clamp/crush pressure onto the pring bush.



It is sitting on 38x13x15 maxxis creepy crawlers in this shot

runnin4life wrote:is that so it still has sideways flex

no, so it doesn't concentrate the stress across the shackle on sideways loading. you never weld across a member. also they warp if you do weld without clamping a spacer in there.

oww ok
thats handy to know

Slayer making me a set should have then in about 2 weeks
and BIG GQ your brothers rig is one tuff looking hilux

I got a set from slayer and they work well.. Saves you doing all the stuffing around and they not a bad price either..

Slayer - how far off are you from making front shackles