NJ B.S. Thread

Can you report back to here with your results. This shackle flip still baffles me as to any true benefit.

 

Trying to get ready for this weekend

 

What you doing this weekend?

 

Mounting my tires on wheels and putting them on the truck, and maybe putting on new ucas

 

Sure will. Was just thinking that the flip moving the axel lower also allows it to go into more of a negative arch, therby actually increasing wheel travel.

 

Damn, I thought you were gonna go wheel'n with inviting us!

 

Another benefit to the shackle flip is the ability to alter the spring rate of the leaf pack

 

Not yet, I was thinking labor day weekend tho

 

I will be around Friday night if you want the UCAs

 

Explain please

 

Here comes math.

 

It's all physics. And physics required math. And math requires alcohol. Or used to at least.

 

Sweet thanks, they just did an alignment today....it was not looking good

 

I just realized its been roughly 12k miles since ive rotated my tires ehh whats another few hundred while I wait for the new tires to come in

 

Get new TCs from DSM!!! 665 shipped for me. I think thats just the blanket TW discount

 

Angle of the dangle

 

With the stock inverted shackle setup this adjustment is not possible



And you can see, even with tiny tires, more articulation is gained assuming you relocate your shocks to be able to handle the travel

 

I need shackle flip in my life.....

need to find my 4x shackle flip
It's missing in the mess I call my garage/shed.

 

That pic really shows how the shackle angle changes through the movement of the spring from arched to flat. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of shackle position effecting spring rate though. Not sure how the shackle can either cause more or less force needed to flatten out the leafs.

 

It doesn't, at different angles tho, more of the suspensions movement is a result of shackle movement than spring compression. IE, at < 90* net suspensions travel is more from leaf spring compression than shackle movement, at >90* net suspension travel is more from shackle movement than spring compression there for "lessening spring rate"....I think. I'm just taking guess here