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fullsizejohn
10-05-2009, 04:24 PM
Im hoping the shackles getting flipped back caused the bent spring. Any advice on fabbing something to prevent the shackle from flipping back?
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/jwwdsn/shackled.jpg
fullsizejohn
10-05-2009, 04:25 PM
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p85/jwwdsn/bentspring.jpg
billyrb
10-05-2009, 06:43 PM
you could build a small bumpstop that bolts through the frame just in front of the shackle.....or possibly a shackle-strap
j20brett
10-05-2009, 07:19 PM
Upper right corner. Shackle stop made from 1x1 tube. Havent bent a spring since i installed it. (Bent twice before) I have one on each side.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m146/brett6819/Parts%20Diagrams%20and%20Pics/shacklestop.jpg

You can kinda see it cirlced in red on this side.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m146/brett6819/shackstop2.jpg
adamsclarke
10-05-2009, 10:49 PM
Dang...new springs too!
Stuka
10-05-2009, 11:09 PM
Yeah its easy to build a little stop back there. Your other choice is to not ram into immovable objects so hard :P
Gearhead 1990
10-05-2009, 11:37 PM
Any advice on fabbing something to prevent the shackle from flipping back?

Longer shackles :thumbsup:
mrs
10-06-2009, 07:37 AM
I just welded a small bar across the lower part of the shackle and it seems to be working. I did the same thing while running the Con this year.
mrs
10-06-2009, 07:38 AM
Oh yea a quick fix while on the trail I used a D ring around the shackle it worked great
fullsizejohn
10-06-2009, 05:14 PM
Yeah its easy to build a little stop back there. Your other choice is to not ram into immovable objects so hard :P

guilty as charged:D
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs235.snc1/8217_103640816317186_100000138039230_95115_2414645 _n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=95116&id=100000138039230)
fullsizejohn
10-06-2009, 05:15 PM
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs235.snc1/8217_103640819650519_100000138039230_95116_2544734 _n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=95116&id=100000138039230)
Casey
10-06-2009, 07:07 PM
LOL! deja vu all over again!

I broke the right front spring in the mudhole you pulled the Cherokee out of.
orangecherokee
10-07-2009, 06:45 AM
I took a highlift jack and raised one side up all the way and let the axle droop down. Then I measured the angle needed and the length. Welded it and haven't had a bent spring since.
LYRCH
10-07-2009, 09:10 AM
LOOKS LIKE ITS TIME FOR A SHACKLE REVERSAL
Slick Willie
10-07-2009, 02:48 PM
X2 on not whacking hard objects with the shackle. :thumbsup:

Or reverse shackle, but need a front driveshaft that slips more.
Dr.E
10-08-2009, 12:24 PM
longer shackle solved my problem.