can i get a "how-to" on rear shackles..?

SVT-Steve · 03-14-2007, 01:40 PM

can i get a "how-to" on rear shackles..? i want to lower the rear end and have no idea what im doing but it doesn't look easy

tiffo60 · 03-14-2007, 01:45 PM

jack up the the truck to where it unloads the suspension, pull the 2 bolts out of the shackles, beat it out with a hammer and put the new one in

SVT-Steve · 03-15-2007, 10:09 AM

thats it!?

tiffo60 · 03-15-2007, 10:15 AM

its pretty simple, once you have the truck jacked up high enough to unload the suspension, its just 2 bolts in each shackle, shouldnt take much more than 30 minutes

ZZZZAP · 03-15-2007, 08:49 PM

You can put the body on jack stands and use the jack to raise/lower the rear to help line up the holes for the leaf springs. It doesn't take a terribly long time to do...

kromdom · 03-15-2007, 11:19 PM

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/dropkit.php

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tiffo60 KB Powered!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: fort worth, texas Posts: 705 View this user's gallery iTrader: 4 / 100%	jack up the the truck to where it unloads the suspension, pull the 2 bolts out of the shackles, beat it out with a hammer and put the new one in

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tiffo60 KB Powered!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: fort worth, texas Posts: 705 View this user's gallery iTrader: 4 / 100%	its pretty simple, once you have the truck jacked up high enough to unload the suspension, its just 2 bolts in each shackle, shouldnt take much more than 30 minutes

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kromdom 1KWKTRK Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,382 View this user's gallery iTrader: 8 / 100%	http://www.fordf150.net/howto/dropkit.php