BAMF HD Shackle hangers

resting position of shackles with stock and with hd shackles



no rub on stock

 

Order placed!

 

If it contacts at ride height...have you tried flexing the rear? Pics? Curious if the contact is enough to prevent shackle movement on uptravel

 

Yes it prevent the shackle from moving on up travel but not the axle. But doing so will cause the springs to do bad things.

 

Well, we will see if this enough. Physically the shackle cannot move back anymore without contacting the hanger itself. Can only cut so much.....



The amount I grinded on the hanger itself, I had to go back and reweld.

both shackles go back to the lip of the hanger which should be enough hopefully.

 

was it contacting the inside as well? or was that just precaution?

 

No precaution. Just trying to keep them from rubbing. Was rubbing on both the inside and outside.

 

I am also using the stock movement to guesstimate how much I should clearance. Although the new mounts will be slightly dofferent there isn’t much movement going on in general.

This is flexed with the drooped wheel off the ground (had to mall crawl this one)

Stuffed side


Drooped side (also the bent side)

 

here is what both the stock and hd at droop when the truck is in the air



at rest

 

Man you didn't have to do that! Were making new shackles that will clear.

 

I have been waiting to get this done since I ordered in November, been holding my project up since I have ordered. When ever you ship the shackles I’ll gladly replace but this needs to work until then.

 

Is the nut on the hanger removable or is it trapped? @JLee

Edit:meant nut not bolt

 

all bolts are removable if put in right.

the shackle to leaf bolt can be put in with the nut on the inside so it can be removed. mine is backwards as well as inesshell & night eagle (they both have long bolts). the bolt provided with my shackle was the perfect length where i could have ran it in with nut inside. that way, the shackle could be removed without removing the hanger. when i swap to the new shackle, i will be doing it this way.

my setup, you can see the bolt is perfect length

 

I’m speaking of the nut that bolts the shackle to the actual hanger. The bottom nut is inthe hanger itself. Having issues with that nut

Edit:had a typo in my original post. Meant nut not bolt.

 

I think a general rule of thumb is to have at least a couple threads of a bolt protruding past the nut

 

oh damn... good luck with that

 

that's what loctite is for

 

The reason you have a few threads showing is for strength, not for the nut backing out.

 

What's the issue all the welded nuts are checked after powder coat. it's a fine thread so if you cross threaded it just a little bit you might have to run a tap through it to clean the first few threads up.