Replacement rear spring hangers

[Cecil14]

So the rear spring hanger on the driver side of my truck rusted off, that was an exciting experience. The passenger side was not far behind, either. Not wanting to rebuild them myself, I started looking around for an off-the-shelf bolt on hanger. I tried some off a 90s F150, but the springs on those sit out away from the frame almost double the distance ours do. Eventually I ended up speaking to Bob over at ATS. Bob was great; we went over measurements, he sent me some pics of different hangers he had, and eventually we found some that sounded like a good fit. He wasn't 100% sure what they were off of, but he thought they were from a Bronco 2. Fast forward to last weekend when I had time to start working:

The remnants of the original hanger, I ended up cutting off the bit left on the frame on both sides and cleaning up the frame as best I could:


My old shackles were toast, these came with the F150 hangers I ended up not using. They're a little bit taller than the original ones, but I moved the replacement hangers down as much as I could to make up the difference:


The rest are the new shackle bolted on. I threw a piece of 11ga steel on the inside of the frame to help with reinforcement a bit. I tried to weld it in, but there's so much corrosion there it didn't work all that well. This is really just a band-aid for me, need to keep the truck rolling for my next move, then I can address the frame more permanently:










I am pretty happy with the results. The install was not terribly difficult, but definitely would've been easier with the bed out of the way.


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[FSJ Guy]

Looks like a better design than the original box design that always collected mud and debris!

[tgreese]

Anthony, you have a part number for that bracket?

[Cecil14]

Hey Tim,

I have the invoice around here somewhere. It had a part number on it, but I couldn't tell you if it's something you'll be able to pull up from them directly or not. If you call them and ask for Bob, just tell him about Anthony with the Jeep truck, he'll know which brackets you want. lol

I'll keep digging for the invoice and throw up the number when I find it.


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[80Limited]

Kartek off road has a nice 1 1/2” lift hanger for Rangers that I have in my Jeep that works great.

[HeavyMetalThunder_81]

Kartek off road has a nice 1 1/2” lift hanger for Rangers that I have in my Jeep that works great.

I found them, those are exactly what I have been looking for to run longer shackles in the rear, thank you!

[80Limited]

You’re welcome. They’re pretty easy on the pocketbook too.

[Cecil14]

Anthony, you have a part number for that bracket?

Finally found the invoice, BT852 is the number listed.


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[Huntvinc]

Thanks so much for posting this. My rear spring hangers were too far gone as well. I called up ATS last week and they sent me those same mounts and new shackles for $90. We cut the old ones off, bolted on the new ones, and finished up the 3" Rough Country suspension lift. Worked like a charm, thanks!