Lowered Trucks: tech and info....
#1431
I have a question about drop shackles. I installed the McGaughys 2" shackles the other day but they don't seem to have done much, is this normal? The first pic is before and the second pic is after. Before the shackles the rear gap was 6" and after the gap is 5 1/4". Is this normal? I have been driving it for about 5 days and I figured if it were to settle down it would have done so by now. Am I going to need to just get a 2/4.5 drop to get it low? If so, are there anyways to drop it and keep the same payload without using helper bags? I like a low truck but it still hauls stuff every so often and I am a poor college kid so I don't really have all that much to put into the truck unfortunatly.
#1432
From my own experience and what I have seen. Shackles usually drop the rear 1-1/2". Post a picture of the shackle you installed. Something doesn't seem right. Dropping doesn't really reduce payload, but does reduce suspension travel. I have had my O/L off for years and still do all my household general hauling. And I pull a 12x6 enclosed motorcycle traile with a 850 pound bike without helper bags. When I get around to installing bags, I will but I don't have to have bags to use my truck. Good luck...
#1433
I will take some pics and post them a little later (I didn't take any before) but they are the mcgaughys 2" drop shackles from moes. I really want to drop ot 2/4.5 and I really don't do much more than what you are discribing but at the beginning of every summer I do load her down with 3,000 lbs of mulch which makes her ride on her stoppers from time to time, which is when I believe helper bags would be necessary.
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#1437
This is a picture of the drop shackle from the flip kit, but the point I would like to make is where the red arrow is pointing is where the shorty shackle was resting against the support. it was really laid back. I ran those shackle for about 5 years. Check yours to see if you have them installed correctly. Maybe switching them will give more clearance to lay back more.???
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#1439
Silver, ill let u know if i do even tho t does have a few dents,
Red, looks sick man! Ya i actually towed my Honda TRX700XX ATV today and my truck could still clear speed bumps! When i do my exhaust i plan on actually running from Headers-Cats-x pipe- custom turndown. lol Have a true dumped exhaust!
Red, looks sick man! Ya i actually towed my Honda TRX700XX ATV today and my truck could still clear speed bumps! When i do my exhaust i plan on actually running from Headers-Cats-x pipe- custom turndown. lol Have a true dumped exhaust!
#1440
Update: Look at the bolt at the bottom of the shackle, is it dragging on the frame?