shackle flip

[ranes22]

im about to do a rustys 4inch lift with rear add a leafs sumbody please define a shackle flip and tell me if i can do it and how much lift it will add :confused:

[tomd]

First we need to know what year, and model your jeep is.

[blt2krl]

moving this to general tech...

[89grand]

Yeah, because it probably isn't the wag in you sig because it already says you have a 4" lift and 35's.

[ranes22]

its a 78 wag i have all the stuff im about to do all of it this weekend ?

[River Beast]

Shackle flip.. or inversion is when you invert the rear shackle to gain lift and increased articulation... normally gains around 6-7" of lift. That is not the only thing you have to do to do it correctly though....

A shackle reversal is when take the front shackles and relocate them to the rear of the front springs....

[ranes22]

so ur tellin me if i take the shackles off the front of the spring and move it to the rear it will lift it 6- 7 inches of lift? and you can do the same to the rear????

[River Beast]

no.....

...and both setups are not that easy to do.. just stating things in a simplified way for better understanding...

a shackle flip is for the rear... 6-7" of lift is gained...this is mostly done to compliment a front SOA Spring-Over-Axle)conversion..... Go to the link in my sig for the rear....

a shackle reversal is for the front... maybe 1-2" gained but not mainly done for lift...usually for better ON ROAD performance...

[ March 11, 2004, 09:43 PM: Message edited by: River Beast ]