BAMF HD Shackle hangers

I know you are talking about checking full compression, touching the bumpstop. But in some cases (this may be one) full compression isn't the worst case scenario. I cannot even simulate my truck at full compression, the whole thing lifts prior to contact even though I can (and have) hit the bumpstop in operation. Regardless, in the picture, the concern is the shackle contacting the hanger, which happens when the leaf is flattest, not negative arch / full compression ... and all the deflection of real world has to be accounted for somehow...

 

Yep I'm fully aware how leaf springs work. And none of the trucks we tested touched the hanger I know there is bound to be a spring that is not compatible with the shackles.

 

FTFY.

 

Who should i contact regarding this??

 

You can pick the nuts up at any hardware store. They are 1/2 x13 nylocks and are about .50 cents each. Scan the receipt and email it to me I'll credit you for them.

Or I can send them out and you will get them in a few days.

 

@JLee 2 questions for you, all my hardware appears to be correct, no issue there. However, I loosely assembled them and.... One side is so tight that I could barely get the shackle down in the hanger, it took a good bit of force. Once in there and the bolt loosely threaded on, the shackle barely wants to rotate back and forth. Doesn't this kinda negate the fact that these should rotate back and forth freely and eliminate the torsion bushing?
2nd question. The other side rotates freely as I imagine it should, however, the shackle is hitting the hanger and binding before I think I would hit full droop. The shackle should be clear of the hanger from its upright position all the way to full droop, correct? above picture is where it is contacting.
Next pic is of the other side that will rotate all the way down but it takes a good bit of force to cycle it.



Am I missing something?

 

for reference... at ride height. and it does appear to be contacting.. i might go in there and grind down the inside edge a bit at some point...

 

Your leaf pack appears to be making a "w".... what pack is that? How much weight you running in the bed?

 

deaver expo stage ii. should have gone stage 3. ran a leaf pack that was worse than that for 2 years, so i'll run this for a while then jump up later if needed.

 

That's some crazy shit! I've actually been impressed with my ap expo springs despite the hate. Always planned on a deaver pack once these wore out but that's got some funk to it

 

Any time frame for having all the shackles shipped out? I'm going to be tinkering with my rear suspension and trying to plan on fitting the shackles while I'm tinkering but have yet to receive a tracking notice.

 

They are not going to rotate freely by hand when torqued down so don't worry about that part. The contact on the hanger shouldn't be happening also you would have to have way more down travel then the spring over can achieve to get the shackles to swing that forward.

 

Man you set your bump way up there! Those leaves don't look too happy.

 

I'll check tomorrow but all the orders should of shipped out. Unless you have it lumped in with other parts and I missed it.

 

So if the contact is only happening on one hanger, is there something going on that I'm missing? Why are they not the same on each? Do I need to install these bad boys and just check everything after and get back to you? Its hard to believe that the contact won't limit my droop but there's no way to really tell until they are installed and flexed out. Just want to make sure that if there's an issue after install that ill be able to still get it corrected.

 

The corner gets sanded after welding the weld might not of gotten knocked down as much. If you have enough droop to contact that corner and I highly doubt you do I'll swap it out for you as it should just clear that corner.

 

Awesome, thanks @JLee

 

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