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Ziegelsteinfaust · 11-11-2019, 06:46 PM

When I had my K20 my rear shackle was all the way back, and caused the spring to buckle vs flex. So it would ride buck board style. My friend had a D200 2wd straight axle, and his was the same.

In my case I had the spring eye rolled in for lack of better term to shorten it up. This put the shackle back in the near vertical position, and my ride greatly improved.

On both trucks the shackes were quite short. When I extended the D200 shackle along with relocation the spring could grow under compression which if it can not. Cause buckling in the spring, and give a bad ride since the spring can no longer grow in a linear fashion.
On the D200. Since ride height was slightly lowered, and he wanted to keep it that way. So I cut the bracket for the shackle out, and relocated to where I needed it to be. I also moved it up to the middle of the frame, and extended the shackle. Wow it rode great for a 3/4 ton truck, and handled much better.

This maybe a way you can improve your ride for a couple hundred or a afternoons work.

11-11-2019, 06:46 PM	#2
Ziegelsteinfaust Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Temple City Posts: 3,666	Re: ORD K10 Front/ Rear Coilovers! When I had my K20 my rear shackle was all the way back, and caused the spring to buckle vs flex. So it would ride buck board style. My friend had a D200 2wd straight axle, and his was the same. In my case I had the spring eye rolled in for lack of better term to shorten it up. This put the shackle back in the near vertical position, and my ride greatly improved. On both trucks the shackes were quite short. When I extended the D200 shackle along with relocation the spring could grow under compression which if it can not. Cause buckling in the spring, and give a bad ride since the spring can no longer grow in a linear fashion. On the D200. Since ride height was slightly lowered, and he wanted to keep it that way. So I cut the bracket for the shackle out, and relocated to where I needed it to be. I also moved it up to the middle of the frame, and extended the shackle. Wow it rode great for a 3/4 ton truck, and handled much better. This maybe a way you can improve your ride for a couple hundred or a afternoons work.