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Pivoting Shackle (not orbit eye bushing)

J-Roc

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Was doing some mall crawling and drove up an RTI backwards, buddy pointed out that my springs looks like they were ready to die and twist the other way around... I was a little freaked out about this because it was rather excessive.

Did some searching and found some crazy things (digging through Toyota archives) and came upon these:

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I'd much rather have the orbit eye in the spring eye but I figured I'd ask about this concept first?
It's my assumption that it would be best to run poly eye bushings to eliminate the pivoting force/action when driving down the road?
Perhaps a traction bar would help with fighting side sway as well?

Thoughts?
 
You would need a rear trackbar!
 
I run home made shackles with RE joints at the frame end and 5.5" springs. Going down the trail you can see the springs shift side to side a little. It definitely relieves some stress on the main leaf. No need for a track bar.
 
Ummm, no.

Try unbolting a shackle sometime and then get out your biggest prybar and see if you can move the axle or spring around. Don't forget you have front spring bolts, 4 ubolts, and a swaybar holding that thing in position. Not to mention that orbit only allows the part to rotate, not move side to side.

you still run a rear swaybar? lawlz
 
I run home made shackles with RE joints at the frame end and 5.5" springs. Going down the trail you can see the springs shift side to side a little. It definitely relieves some stress on the main leaf. No need for a track bar.

can you put up a pic. i was thinking about this earlier when i saw how the teraflex revolvers worked. i really liked how it would let the shackle twist to relieve stress but i didnt like how it opened up(like a double shackle) it would be cool to have one that just twisted in the middle
 
Even the teraflexs' allow a little bit of axle steer from side to side. I saw it many times on my first cherokee.
 
The cherokee isn't my wheeler... It's just for abusing on forest roads. If I could think of a good reason to throw the swaybar away, it would be gone already.:laugh:

Try driving without the rear sway bar...much more comfortable.

~Scott
 
Well, that's what I'm double checking right now. I went outside and measured a spare set of leaf eyes at each end. The shackle end seems to be where they'd fit (1.5" diameter). They're listed as fitting "Chrysler-type leaf springs" which measure 3" wide at the main eye and 2.5" at the shackle end--just like our XJs, so I think it should work. I guess I should've had all this figured out for sure before I posted that. My mistake.
 
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No mistake at all...
I'm trying to figure out if my Sky Jacker leafs are the same size? Not finding much info on bushings...
 
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