Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
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Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 1:50:24 PM
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toby42
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Ok, no flamin'! I know questions like this are numerous on here, but mines a little different... and somewhat urgent. My bro-in-law just called me and they're doing a T/S lift on his bro-in-laws Blazer. I did the same on my Durango, so I know a bit about it. On mine, what I did was buy lowering shackles for a full-size chevy and they worked perfectly. Now they're needing some shackles quick and I was wondering what options they may have to buy locally. All they'd need is a shackle that's 3" wide by 6" long to acquire a 2" lift, correct? Does anyone know of a stock shackle by those dimensions? He's gonna hit up some junkyards 'cause we don't have much in the way of 4x4 shops around... I know we can get 'em online, but he'd like to have them by tonight...
so, does anyone have any ideas?
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 2:29:01 PM
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Jigg
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They need to be 8" long for 2" of lift.
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 2:52:37 PM
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toby42
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Oh... that's right. Extra 2" for every 1" of lift, am I right?
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 2:57:40 PM
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toby42
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Talked to my bro... he picked some up at Autozone for $15 - 3" x 8.5" (should net him 2.25 in the rear, right?). What a deal! If anyone's interested, I'll let you know how it goes... heading over there now.
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 3:55:46 PM
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Jigg
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Don't use those autozone shackles. They're made out of crap metal, and don't have any sort of lateral support to them.
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 6:26:06 PM
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willjones
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If you didn't know Jigg could prob let you know where you can find some lift shackles for your blazer.
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 9:05:42 PM
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neo71665
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Made mine, 1/2 inch plate steel. I had lateral support in them at first but screwed up and it was hitting the spring so I cut it out. I figured with the overkill of thickness I'll be fine.
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/20/2008 9:48:34 PM
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toby42
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Oh yeah, forgot to ask... what lug pattern do you guys have? 5 bolt x what? Sorry - I'm a Jeeper and not too familiar w/ the Blazer realm...
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/21/2008 4:20:21 AM
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nj4x4blaze
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Blazers are 5 x 4.75 bolt pattern
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RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap? - 2/21/2008 5:35:51 AM
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Jigg
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It wouldn't be a fixed lateral support though if you were to put a bolt through that last hole. Each side of the shackle can still move independantly of the other. Here's the shackle that I use, and recommend to everyone (not just because i sell them... but because they are, by far, the most heavy duty shackle available for the S-Series):
< Message edited by Jigg -- 2/21/2008 5:40:30 AM >
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