Factory shackle length?

Batass · Post by **Batass** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:33 am

My truck has a bit of a rake to it and I was wondering if it has some longer shackles on it, they are 4 inches bolt center to bolt center. Planning on putting a body lift on it and some 31's.

Jigg · Post by **Jigg** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:41 am

That's factory length...

BobbleSmitty · Post by **BobbleSmitty** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:05 am

Sounds about right! You just may need to crank those torsion bars in the front to even it out some more.

Post by **Walt** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:51 pm

Rule of thumb for 4x4 suspensions: Always go up, never go down.

daevans315 · Post by **daevans315** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:33 am

Walt wrote: Always go up, never go down.

There is a joke there somewhere.. but this is a family site.

cdnuser · Post by **cdnuser** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:59 am

BobbleSmitty wrote:Sounds about right! You just may need to crank those torsion bars in the front to even it out some more.

Is there any other way to raise the front end without doing a t-bar crank?

Jigg · Post by **Jigg** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:20 am

Superlift or Trailmaster 5/6" suspension lift.

cdnuser · Post by **cdnuser** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:54 am

Jigg wrote:Superlift or Trailmaster 5/6" suspension lift.

Thats it huh, no spring spacers or control arms.

Thats too bad. I guess the "in thing" is dropping s10s and not lifting.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:56 am

cdnuser wrote:
Jigg wrote:Superlift or Trailmaster 5/6" suspension lift.
Thats it huh, no spring spacers or control arms.

We have torsion bars (4wd), not coil springs (2wd) so spring spacers are not an option.

Superlift does make some upper control arms for 4wd S10's, but you still have to crank the t-bars and they have been known to cause CV shaft problems so most people stay away from them.

The 2" body lift, t-bar crank, and rear lift shackles are the only options for lifting these trucks unless you go with a full suspension lift as mentioned above.

Steve

Wrangler · Post by **Wrangler** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:22 am

cdnuser wrote:
BobbleSmitty wrote:Sounds about right! You just may need to crank those torsion bars in the front to even it out some more.
Is there any other way to raise the front end without doing a t-bar crank?

A floor jack!!