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03-03-2017, 10:57 AM | #1 |
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Need Help, 70 C20 2" Lowering Shackles for 2 1/4" wide springs ?
I ran into a road block trying to find 2" lowering shackles for my 1970 C20 2wd. All the shackle kits that I have found are for 2 1/2" wide springs. Performance On Line and Chassis Tech/AirBagIt do not offer lowering shackles for the 2 1/4" wide springs.
Does anyone know of a supplier or do I modify the stock ones for my application ? |
03-03-2017, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Re: Need Help, 70 C20 2" Lowering Shackles for 2 1/4" wide springs ?
Not sure on your question but you may want to get the mods to move this to suspension section you may get a quicker answer.
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03-03-2017, 01:30 PM | #3 |
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Re: Need Help, 70 C20 2" Lowering Shackles for 2 1/4" wide springs ?
You are essentially talking about 1/8" on each side. Most the time you can pinch the 2 1/2" to fit the 2 1/4" leafs. In the past I have also found washer that are 1/8" thick and put them on each side of the spring to make total width 2 1/2". Its really up to you on how you want to make it work. I personally would modify the wider shackles to make them work with the thinner leafs. I'm not 100% on how the leaf/shackles fit on a '70 but you may want to look into different year trucks and match something for what your wanting to do.
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03-11-2017, 12:48 AM | #4 |
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Re: Need Help, 70 C20 2" Lowering Shackles for 2 1/4" wide springs ?
I used the djm DJMSH1012C2 drop shackles and they fit great.
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