Slide Shackles

[onewaysoldier]

Just got a photo to show at the moment.  Installed a pair of slide shackles a couple weeks ago to make the X a little less tipsy for on highway driving.  So far so good.

Slide Shackles

[Alex]

That's pretty slick! Do you know if you get the same articulation as compared to normal shackles?

[onewaysoldier]

That's pretty slick! Do you know if you get the same articulation as compared to normal shackles?

Supposedly these can get as much or more flex regular shackles because of how far the spring is allowed to travel.  But, I've yet to take her off-road yet to see how they really do.  I'll know for sure how well they work in a few weeks.

 I can tell you this though, on the road there is a lot less body roll (which is a nice thing :-))

[onewaysoldier]

That's pretty slick! Do you know if you get the same articulation as compared to normal shackles?

Figured out that the springs I've got are too stiff.  Removed the overload spring and going to swap out another spring or too to get the rear flexing again.  It's too tight right now.

[onewaysoldier]

Got the springs back from Alcan.  Much better and far more flexy.  

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5goQrYeXOg&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/V5goQrYeXOg&rel=1</a>

Took it to a local pace that's got a 2'ish culvert.

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles

excuse the surface rust.  I know they need to be cleaned and painted.

Slide Shackles

Slide Shackles