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#426934 - 21/07/03 07:33 AM Installing Shackles
Solar Member Registered: 13/08/02 Posts: 297 Loc: Massachusetts	I did a search on shackles and came up with a whole bunch of discussions but frankly I was looking for some kind of instructions on how it is done. I am trying to add 1" shackles BUT for the life of me I can not take the old ones off. I am sure there is a trick to it besides a BFH ! Please let me know. Thanks _________________________ The reason why a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail not his tongue!
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#426935 - 21/07/03 08:19 AM Re: Installing Shackles
austinbrtndr Member Registered: 05/01/03 Posts: 1872 Loc: ATX	this should help a bit : SLR shackle install _________________________ XOC Everything you need, if you don't mind the b.s. West Ham UFC -- Come On You Irons!!! www.myspace.com/kraigslist Kraig
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#426936 - 21/07/03 10:03 AM Re: Installing Shackles
Solar Member Registered: 13/08/02 Posts: 297 Loc: Massachusetts	Thanks, I'll give it another shot using these instructions. _________________________ The reason why a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail not his tongue!
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#426937 - 22/07/03 10:26 AM Re: Installing Shackles
therob Member Registered: 10/09/02 Posts: 396 Loc: Albuquerque, NM	I jacked from the frame only, that way the springs arent under compression, no need for the jack-in-the-srpings action. It took me about 15 min. You have to have a tall jack though.
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#426938 - 23/07/03 09:25 AM Re: Installing Shackles
Solar Member Registered: 13/08/02 Posts: 297 Loc: Massachusetts	therob Did you jack up both sides at the same time. I had the car up via the frame (only one side), tire was off and diferential hanging (controlled hanging via another jack) and still I could not get the original shackles off? _________________________ The reason why a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail not his tongue!
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#426939 - 23/07/03 06:26 PM Re: Installing Shackles
OnlyOneDR Member Registered: 18/03/02 Posts: 622	Get the whole rear end up in the air just enough to unload the springs, but not so high that the axle and wheels are hanging. Let them rest on the ground. Then all it takes is a little wiggle... If you only have one side of the truck off the ground then the twisting on the springs is binding the shackles in the rubber bushings. _________________________ Battleship - 2001 Frontier Desert Runner NOAS Club Membership Coordinator and Treasurer 2016-2017 http://www.noas4x4club.com/
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