BAMF HD Shackle hangers

Only the rivets are a pain once the rivets are out feel free to relax have drink calm yourself it gets better after that and A step that a lot of people skip It's easier to bolt the shackles to the hangers off the frame so your not fighting the spring. Mate up the whole hanger and spring assembly together before you bolt the hanger on the truck.

 

I have a foul mouth and that helped a lot. The angle grinder was the best tool, did the most. A 3lb hammer finnished the removal nicely..one last smack and that old hanger popped and landed in the street with satisfying clank. Like he says above, assemble everything before raising the axle to the frame. I did this solo and it was more fun.

 

You have plenty of time. I took my time and knocked it out in 2 days.

 

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This eliminates that bushing “wiggle” that always has to happen when trying to get it all to line up when puttin those rear aping shackles back on.

 

I’ve got to do mine, finally cooling off under 80F in the garage

 

Let the fun begin...

 

I kept the receipt. I just wanted ample backups.

 

It’s not nearly as bad as I expected. I’ve got everything off and cleaned up. Running to the store for some grease and a 9/16 drill bit for the shackles. Good luck!

 

Completing my cross bar right now. More pics soon.

 

Done and cut the exhaust. Going to weld a flange on so I can bolt it back on after Moab.

 

Looks good. I’m looking forward to getting my crossbrace/framebracing finished up soon as well. I’ve already got my exhaust tailpipe on a vband clamp for the fun wheeling. I can pop it off so I don’t pinch it in the rocks and pop it back on so I don’t gas myself out if I leave the truck running while I’m taking a nap or something in the camper. I guess I’ll post some pics when it’s all wrapped up.

 

Nice, I am using a quick connection also.

 

All finished. What a pain in the ass. Never want to do that again.

On a positive note, the backend is very stable now and no more shimmy. Thanks @JLee !

 

Thought I would leave my impressions about the modification after getting a chance to use it. My truck is setup with OME 888 and bilstein 5100s up front with JBA control arms, in the back I have HD Dakars now cut to fit the BAMF shackle, and the RCD bilstein 5100s. The truck bed carries a hi lift, shovels, 300ish piece mechanics tool set, recovery boards, a KBVooDoo mid rack and an RTT on a daily basis. It gets loaded up for trips. I use my truck off-road and enjoy its capabilities. I did the mod because my stock shackle hangers looked bent, the Dakars where digging into my stock shackles, and the Dakars where so noisy! Install went amazing with the help of a good and talented friend. So ride impressions. On the road my Dakars do not make as much noise anymore. In my opinion they now make acceptable noise for a leaf spring. I believe this is due to the fact my shackle hangers where bent and where making things squeak horribly. THAT ALONE MADE THE MOD WORTH IT TO ME. One down side I experienced is at around 40mph I feel the smaller bumps in the road more. Not horrible but its there. Probably means that the BAMF shackle hangers are stiff and the factory hangers flex way more then I thought. Other then that my road driving experience hasnt changed much. Out on the trail I was very happy with the solid feel that I had while I drove around on rough and challenging terrain while loaded down. Usually my Dakar leaf packs get very noisy out on rough terrain. Not this time! Overall I am a satisfied customer. I torqued all the hardware down and rechecked it a few times and had ZERO ISSUES in MOAB while driving some of the fun trails in the Sand flats area. I know another member here stated he had an issue with a bolt and a competitor jumped on that like a wildfire in New Mexico. After install check and recheck all the hardware. I would set blame on the customer for that one and not BAMF. BTW customer serviec is top notch with BAMF. I emailed a simple and stupid question and got a timely nice response. Would I do the modification again...Yes.

 

Nice, I am heading to Moab tomorrow, looking forward to seeing how my setup works.

 

Wheeled Moab for over a week. Landed on the hangers a couple of times. One hell of a product. Glad I did this mod.

 

Are you getting much strength with the cross bar bent or is it more to leave room for an air tank or something else?

 

DOM roll bar tubing. It will not bend, I tucked it up so a big rock can't get jammed up between the bar and the rear axle. Probably will never happen, I just wanted it this way.

 

Ordered around Nov 16th, hoping I get an email confirming the shipping any day now

 

I did a Black Friday deal and hoping for the same.