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10-29-2010, 04:37 PM
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Location: Southeast CT
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Bent shackle?
I was working under my truck last night (adjusting clutch and final tightening on all the new tranny parts, NV4500 / NP241 are in!) and noticed that the passenger's side front spring shackle is "offset" - that is, the end of the spring is about 3/4" to the left of the top of the shackle.
The spring looks square on the axle and nothing is bent - is the shackle supposed to be straight (I assume so) or offset? The driver's side is not offset.
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10-29-2010, 07:14 PM
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Location: Muskegon,MI,USA
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Re: Bent shackle?
The shackles should be straight. I am not sure if the springs are paralell or not but you may want to do some measuring between them. I would also look at the frame to see if it is possibly bent.
Jim
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