Hammer Hangers® by Archive Garage 2005-2023 Tacoma Shackle Hangers

If it uses the same trans as the current raptard, they’ll feel at home over there. Those trans are junk. My buddies new raptor has been in the shop 6 times already with trans problems. Many many others reporting the same thing.

 

I hear ya. Old boss had to lemon law his F150 Platinum that had the rapter engine and trans.

 

Thanks Eric!

 

Stock springs, stock shackle with poly bushing, progressive add-a-leaf

 

Thanks for the assistance

 

Those hangers are a work of art. Their right up there with the Mona Lisa.

 

Word. Thank you EFSI. What does the shackle angle look like at full stuff? And I know the stock springs won't droop out a ton, but are you noticing a significant difference with the new bushings? How far can you manage to pull the shackle forward with the stock springs and AAL?

 

I don't have any compressed pics of the shackle, but this is as far as I got it to drop out with 10.5" shocks in the stock location. I never used the stock shackle with oem bushing, because I knew it would severely limit travel. New shackles and bushings were installed at the same time as the hangers.

 

That looks pretty derned good for OEM springs.

 

I know this is the HH thread but figured I’d bump it for more sexy AG pics. My Ubolt flip and bump kit came in today. I gotta order the cross tube soon. Can’t wait to install my deavers...

 

yee yee



You can also see my Archive ubolt flip on the bottom of my bench still wrapped up, and Deaver U402 stage 3’s in the background

@EatSleepTacos I’m gonna follow your tutorial linked in the OP...any other pro tips? I don’t have a plasma cutter otherwise I’d use that to speed things up, cutting the stock stuff off.

 

Angle grinder works too, just less fun.

 

should I even bother trying to cut the stock hanger parallel with the frame or just grind down the rivets and air chizle the whole stock hanger off the frame?

 

If you can get the angle grinder in there to bring the heads off then no, you don't have to cut off the excess. Just gives you more room to work. Also if you haven't seen it already, I remove some hangers in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7Fl549_E0&t

 

Grinding off the bottom of the shackles makes things much easier to get to. And hopefully you got the drill bits too. They came in more handy than I thought they would.

 

awesome. I’m a visual learner so that helps a ton. Pretty much what I had visualized in my head.

 

My buddy has a 2 post lift and a plasma cutter. Maybe I’ll just do it there. I have access to his shop anytime I want...

 

Happy to help man. It's really not THAT bad of a job and having the right tools makes all the difference in the world. Air hammer was a game changer when it came to this so hopefully you have one.

 

I’m gonna buy the one you linked. I’ve got a decent compressor at my house if I end up doing the job here. Right now it’s too damn hot.