Ok so last night I spent like 3 hours getting these stupid shackles on, put the tires back on, and dropped her back to the ground and it turns out I only got like an inch of drop... WTF? I bought the McGaughys drop shackles from Moes and I measured the gap before the drop (6" on both sides) now after the drivers side gap is about 5" and the gap on the passengers side is about 5.25". Is this normal? Do I need to just give it time to settle or what? Broke a lug stud last night so the truck is in the shop right now. When I get it back I will put up before and after pics.

 

IDK much about drop shackles but how much drop do they advertise?

 

2in i just ordered mine i hope i don't run into this problem Ive herd no drop shackle actually drops in two inches unless u get slammed shackles im gonna remove my overloads to that should level it out almost completely.

 

2 inches i think normally. But to fully achieve it I have heard you have to remove the o/l spring as well.

 

I have McGaughys 2" drop shackles on mine. I don't remember what drop I had initially, but it took a couple days to settle, and when I re-torqued the bolts after a week I measured 1 3/4" drop over stock.

 

glass do you have a side shot of your truck on level ground? just to give a look to see the differance

 

for 1 u'll never get a full 2" out of any drop shackle except slammed1...but hes done good luck findin a set....for 2...wait about a week and itll settle go drive over some speed humps...and i hope you didnt tighten em like crazy they may squeek less is more as long as they are tight....now if you remove your o/l leaf youll see another 5/8" immediatley and another 1/2 or so later on....my truck has djm 2" drop shackles no o/l leaf and it sets perfectly level.....hey rumble check my profile for threads i started and i posted new pics about 2 weeks ago and i have shots of mine in there....

 

I'im kinda dreading when mine come in cus i hope taking off the overloads dosent turn out to be a pain in the ***?

 

I heard that if you loosen the bolts a little while the truck is on the ground it will drop some more and you will not have to wait as long. Anyone verify this?

 

i can verify this along with speed bumps helping also.... and rumble its not that bad to remove the o/l leaf...just do one side at a time ill pm you my instructions on how to do this...