Shackles

Cajun · Post by **Cajun** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:53 am

Is anyone running lift shackles on the rear w/o a body lift? If so, how much lift 1 1/2", 2"?

I have done the TB crank to level the front of my truck with the rear and was thinking of lifting the rear a little mostly for a more aggressive 4x4 like stance.

Jigg · Post by **Jigg** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:47 am

A lot of people do this. It's really up to you as to what size you want. I'd go with the 2" personally.

LonestarZ · Post by **LonestarZ** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:21 am

Would not recommend a longer shackle and further TBar crank. By adding a longer shackle you would need to near maxout your TBar crank which adds significant stress to the Ball joints, CV-Axles, and Shocks.

And putting shackles in the rear and not leveling your truck makes it look like crap.

Jigg · Post by **Jigg** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:36 am

The rear of my truck is 2" higher than the front... you really think this looks like crap?

Pic

LonestarZ · Post by **LonestarZ** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:43 am

yeah.. especially with those rims.. I think you need to get rid of them.. I would be happy to take them off your hands for a modest fee.

*And in that pic your Blazer looks level.. probably due to the natural sag the Blazers have in the rear.

Jigg · Post by **Jigg** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:32 pm

Lol, you still haven't gotten a set of ZR5's yet? How'd that link i sent you work out?

LonestarZ wrote: *And in that pic your Blazer looks level.. probably due to the natural sag the Blazers have in the rear.

That's pretty much the point, over the span of the entire truck, 2" higher in the rear comes out to a .65º rake... it's really not enough to make it look dumb:

Illustrated

Post by **Walt** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:04 pm

I'm running a 2" lift set of shackles. I like a bit of rake on a pickup.

LonestarZ · Post by **LonestarZ** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:11 pm

Jigg wrote:Lol, you still haven't gotten a set of ZR5's yet? How'd that link i sent you work out?

That's pretty much the point, over the span of the entire truck, 2" higher in the rear comes out to a .65º rake... it's really not enough to make it look dumb:

Some hits, but nothing worth while yet. Your Blazer unlike a truck will sag over time. The Z pickups do not sag in the rear. I even have a pic of my truck when I put on the shackles with no TBar lift around here somewhere and it looked like poop. Hence my earlier comment.

Snoman002 · Post by **Snoman002** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:32 pm

Personally I like a little bit of rake. It's only 5" or so of rake on a short bed reg cab pickup

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But thats just me.

kermit · Post by **kermit** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:08 pm

A truck needs a little bit of a rake so that when a load is applied, it doesn't look like a rocket ship getting ready to launch for the moon. I'm waiting on a BSW spring kit and right now the front of my truck is higher than the rear and it looks really funny.

BobbleSmitty · Post by **BobbleSmitty** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:12 pm

BobbleSmitty wrote:

This is with 2" lift shackles and no Tbar crank.

I eventually switched to air shocks in place of the shackles b/c I don't have a rear sway bar and on the freeway when changing lanes it became a little wobblely. But if I were to go the shackle route again, I'd go with 1.5" lift instead of the 2".

Cajun · Post by **Cajun** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:13 pm

Thanks for all of the input guys.

Very nice ride BobbleSmitty.

I think a little rake would be nice to compensate for sag when loaded and for a little more aggressive stance.

I'll post again when complete.