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shackles... had some made up.
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:03 am
by icebreaker
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..
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:50 am
by Bowhunter
looks good mate, hope they hold up for ya!
Luke

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:10 pm
by -Mick-
how much longer are they

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:14 pm
by icebreaker
from memory it was about 80mm longer, with a brace in the center.
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:35 pm
by -Mick-
icebreaker wrote:from memory it was about 80mm longer, with a brace in the center.
cool.... they looked longer in the pic

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:40 pm
by icebreaker
well it's about double from eye to eye really..
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:50 pm
by icebreaker
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*
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:56 pm
by lkgrainger
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:06 pm
by crazymanwithavan
hi icebreaker,
aside from the differences in height, has there been any change in articulation?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:33 pm
by icebreaker
not sure mate, I haven't been off road at all yet, or tried testing it to notice any change..