DARKFLY said:
why did you put the front shakles on backwords?
Shackle forward.. is normal for Jeeps. Shackle in back is normal for toyota's.
There are MANY good reasons.
1. First you dont need a super special $$$ bling long travel front drive shaft. I was able to re-use the stock one. I had to cut it down 1.5in. Easy-Cheep.
2. It dosent brake dive like my toyota does. This also shortens your wheel base when going down hills, reduces stability, with shackle forward when goind down hills the weight shifts to the front and your wheel base gets alittle longer, more stable.
3. If I ranc shackle in back Id have to mount the shackel under the frame and that would be WAY too muchlift, or Id have to make a shackle that goes through the frame. Through the 4.5in wide frame Those bushings would have no flex and would bind compaired to the 2.5in wide bushing shackle hanger I have in the front.
4. one minus is that my shackle hits rocks and could dammage the leafs. so I made them anti kickback shackles, at full drop my 1/2in thick shackle bottoms out. at full compression my shackle bottoms out, so it limits the leafs from over extending and will reduce the rist of bending a leaf.
Toy guys have converted to shackle forward, jeep guys have converted to shackle in back...
run what you got.
Id build it shackle forward.