Leaf spring drop shackles amount of drop

[Ratpin]

Do you have a truck or suburban? I wonder if the sub will have clearance issues too. That's the first I've heard of them having clearance problems.

[newbe351]

Originally Posted by Ratpin

Do you have a truck or suburban? I wonder if the sub will have clearance issues too. That's the first I've heard of them having clearance problems.

I had a long bed fleetside. Not sure if the 351E trucks were different than others, but I had nine leafs vs. seven. Don't know if that had anything to do with it, but the top of the shackle was only a couple of inches from the underside of the bed and would hit the bed on hard bumps. As the wood was original (old), I didn’t care but it was dinging it up pretty good. After I started fixing things up and replacing suspension components and bed wood, etc. I went with the lowered leaf springs so things wouldn't knock together....