[sjzook]

Whats the pros and cons for a sierra 2 inch extended shackles

[Fatzook]

What suspension setup do you currently have?

Ext shackles have their place. But they aren't suitable for everyone.

EDIT: Have you run it past the search function here on AZ? Ext. shackles have been talked to death.

[sjzook]

Cheers sorry mate to flood with shit haha cheers

[KEENSY85]

I'm struggling with search function(I'm using an old not so smart phone ) could some please post a link to some kind review on pros and cons for shackels please sorry to be a pain in the ass just trying to learn more about the subject and the affect on castor if any ,also I have talking to an engineer and he seems confident that they become legal in qld in the new year rumor or not Its no diff to me

[BlueSuzy]

Extended shackle ONLY if you have longer springs or moved shackle mounts.



Longer shackles and lifted springs dont mix that well. Less flex/movement than stock. Good for full sick lift though.


"scissor, banana, flipout, pinned, snakeracing" shackles. Alot of people dont like them. I have never tried them


Extended shackles legal? Your dreaming. If they arent legal now, they never will be

[KEENSY85]

Thanks mate thought they might increase droop but seams no ,oh well the do look cool though

[SierraDan]

They increase droop if you move the mounts.

[Trypt]

arnt drop shackles only good for posing flex shots?

No weight on the wheel = no traction anyway

[KEENSY85]

Like as in ruf ?

[SierraDan]

that would be a combo of longer spring and extended shackles so it would work better again.

BUT simply bolting on extended shackles is crap.

[KEENSY85]

sjzook wrote:

Whats the pros and cons for a sierra 2 inch extended shackles

Fdont worry ill steal ur post

[KEENSY85]

Thanks guys ,obviously using long springs plus shackels can bad ,(spring inverting) in an murphys law way

[stewy91]

youve got it the wrong way. You use extended shackles for longer leafs, for example ruf if you set the right angle you will have a hard time inverting them

[GRPABT1]

To put it simply it's the shackle angle that is most important not the length. You want a shackle angle at resting ride height that gives you your desired up travel before the bump stop without inverting the shackle on full bump and plenty of droop if you've done it right. About 45 degrees is the normal desired shackle angle but more or less can be used depending on desire for up travel or droop (if you were jumping dunes you wouldn't want it resting on bump stops). Zook's often tend to work better in the slow stuff with more droop than up travel though. Unfortunately the majority of lift kits for leaf sprung 4wds leave them with horrible shackle angles of near vertical providing a bone jarring ride and terrible flex.

[KEENSY85]

Thanks guys for clearing that up for me just nuting it all out in my head before I do my ruf ,once I get the shell and what not I cant wait to finish the panels I'm a pretty shity panel beater and monkey can weld but panel beating is an art ,my hats of to any one that finds it easy

[GRPABT1]

Also note that in the front extended shackles can affect the amount of castor and lead to death wobbles.

[KEENSY85]

U can do castor correction though yer ? There like wedge I think

[shep]

KEENSY85 wrote:

U can do castor correction though yer ? There like wedge I think

Sure can, makes it a ligit mod in the NT if the steering geometry is returned to stock.

[KEENSY85]

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