Shackle Drop...

[BaddBusa2005]

I did the shackle drop today. The friigen bed bolts were a bare at first, put some heat to them and they came off like butter. Anyhow, the rear is lower than the front..... by about an inch, gives me a reason to do the rear flip and 2.5 spindles with a 2 inch spring. The truck looks good level, but it is going lower...Actaully rides a little better now than it did...I will post some pics tomorrow.

[pcmcobra]

pics!
and go ahead and do the flip kit and front drop...
you know you want to!

[boatpuller]

[tyjoja]

Hey, I just ordered a 2.5/4 deluxe drop kit yesterday. It has rear spring shackles and hangers, do you Have to take off the bed to get the shackles on/off?

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by BaddBusa2005

...put some head to them and they came off like butter.

Ummm, wOw!

Funny how one letter in one word can make a sentence mean something totally different!

[boatpuller]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

Ummm, wOw!

Funny how one letter in one word can make a sentence mean something totally different!

jeff,your a sick puppy..........i think i thought the same thing you thought.but,then i thought some more.now i'm just confused

[Malo83]

Originally Posted by tyjoja

Hey, I just ordered a 2.5/4 deluxe drop kit yesterday. It has rear spring shackles and hangers, do you Have to take off the bed to get the shackles on/off?

You'll wish you did if you don't , with the bed and the gas tank that close to the front hanger it'll be a bear to work around
the shackles will be no problem, but you will have to cut the bed crossmember right above the shackle to clear.

[BaddBusa2005]

lol, come on now it was late......


EDIT: Actually it wasnt that late, damn it....lol

[BaddBusa2005]

Originally Posted by Malo83

You'll wish you did if you don't , with the bed and the gas tank that close to the front hanger it'll be a bear to work around
the shackles will be no problem, but you will have to cut the bed crossmember right above the shackle to clear.

I took my bed off to make it easy, and I painted the rear suspension and frame rails. Cleaned it up real nice. Also, with the bed off it makes it easy to cut the bed rail..

[tyjoja]

wow. okay maybe I should search it, but whats it take to take the bed off, hopefully its not to tuff. thanks

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by tyjoja

wow. okay maybe I should search it, but whats it take to take the bed off, hopefully its not to tuff. thanks

8 bolts, a few screws and clips (taillights and gas tank filler), and two or three friends. Pretty easy.

[BaddBusa2005]

if you have access to a lift, i would use it. you can leave the tail lights on the bed, just disconnect the taillight harness. remember to bolt the gas tank filler neck back to the bed, otherwise you will look like me trying tp put gas in it today, it looked so good i forgot about having to put gas in it.

[tyjoja]

thanks guys, this is my first project ever. I'm motivated to do it now. I really appreciate the perspective and the advice. thanks again Bob

[benoit454]

We changed the front hanger on our 86 k10, DEFINATELY REMOVE THE GAS TANK!!!! Without doing that we could have never got to the rivets, plus we were using a grinder to grind the rivet heads off. All thoose sparks and a gas tank, not a good combo.

The bed off would make it even easier, tons more room to work, and as others said, then you can clean and paint the frame and suspension.

We couldn't get some of the bolts off on the 86 so we removed the front 4 I think and slid a 2x4 between the bed and frame, that gave us just enough room to grind the top rivets with our big grinder and not hit the bed all the time.