I had the calmini one in bullant and i had to use a spacer on the tailshaft but i don't remember what size it was
Standed tailshaft too

ahem boxtube ahem bodgee ahem

You may need one as the diff will move when articulating. Hilux's have this problem all the time.

Hilux shaft maybe? I seem to remember them having a decent length slip joint

I really want to emphasise the fact that it doesn't get allot of travel.

It's a Hilux, that goes without saying

mine is running the shackle reversal, has what looks to be around 2.5 inches worth of spacers...


any reason for going with the shackle reversal? i bought my sierra with it fitted and im trying to figure out what benifits it offers before i ditch it and go back to factory shackle position

you can buy spline by the metre, half metre and 250mm lengths and the recieving boss from all tractor joints and its cheap.
make your own

Better approach angle

Not unless you cut the perches off your diff and rotate them.

To achieve the same castor as you have now, you will need to have fixed hangers that are as long as your shackles are.

The Calamari kit has some massive fangs hanging down to achieve this.

fair enough - other things to worry about would then include steering linkages binding, diff hitting the sump? and reduced spring rate because you'll be running them on an angle... infact, running super soft flat leaves you'll probably find the diff 'self levels' on the leaves making them S shaped from the start due to the angle you'll be running them on.

Not unless you cut the perches off your diff and rotate them.

To achieve the same castor as you have now, you will need to have fixed hangers that are as long as your shackles are.

The Calamari kit has some massive fangs hanging down to achieve this.

X2
It looks like a pretty shit idea for serious wheeling.
It might make it drive better on the road however.

would like to see some reference to tech of flat springs being softer and the dive properties of shackle reversal suspension

In anything I have read spring rate of a leaf spring is a function of length, width and thickness and number of leaves.

i think the reasoning for flat leaves being "softer" is due to the flatness being achieved by running less leaves - so while it wont absorb bumps any better it will articulate easier with less weight.

thats correct - but in a braking situation the width of the leaf plays less of a part and it comes down to the length, number of and thickness of, as you're not twisitng the leaves like you would when lifting one wheel and dropping the other, but rather compressing both equally.

best way to simulate this is with 2 plastic rulers... bend them along the long edge and one slides over the other and they arch pretty well. take 1 ruler out and do it again - it travels just as far but with less effort.

Now, twist the ruler... add the second ruler and twist again... its way stiffer and doesnt move as much because the ends are fixed by the hangers (or your hands).

Simple? lol