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swb85 · 08-19-2010, 05:36 PM

If your bolts are as bad as mine were, don't even bother with the penetrating oil. My bolts were frozen to the steel sleeves in the bushings, so I had to cut off the bolt head on one side and the nut on the other with a cutoff wheel to get the stock shackles out. That's the only hard part though, smooth sailing after that!

08-19-2010, 05:36 PM	#3
swb85 On a budget like Fred Sanford Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 2,031	Re: Drop shackles If your bolts are as bad as mine were, don't even bother with the penetrating oil. My bolts were frozen to the steel sleeves in the bushings, so I had to cut off the bolt head on one side and the nut on the other with a cutoff wheel to get the stock shackles out. That's the only hard part though, smooth sailing after that! __________________ '85 Silverado swb: 383 stroker, 10.5:1, vortec heads, 232/238 roller cam, RPM air gap, performer 750 carb, stainless longtubes, 3" duals/super 44's, T56/4.11 383ci build / exterior refresh thread '98 Camaro z28: 370ci twin turbo 370ci build '01 Tahoe LT 4x4: 5.3, longtubes/ory, magnaflow duals, custom tune....wife's DD Last edited by swb85; 08-19-2010 at 05:37 PM.