Stuka wrote:Thats a very short travel drive shaft. REALLY surprised he has not broken that QT yet. With a rear shackle, the axle moves backwards as it travels up.Blake wrote:This is a long travel driveshaft??fulsizjeep wrote:The Waggy in the linked pictures has over 100k miles on the SOA, shackle reverse mods. It does have a long travel front drive shaft. No sway bar which I miss. The flex is sweet.
I DO NOT POLISH my QTs.
husker77 wrote: Thats a very short travel drive shaft. REALLY surprised he has not broken that QT yet. With a rear shackle, the axle moves backwards as it travels up.
If you do, be sure to check out BigJ200's thread. His setup is awesome.Blake wrote:If I didn't know Flint, I would 100% for sure say he was full of chit. I personally wouldn't drive that rig 10 feet with that arrangement and I definitely wouldn't put pics on the internet using that as an example of shackle reverse/SOA.
But hey - I'm glad it works for him and I hope he continues to have good luck with it.
As for my build, I've removed both front hangers and I'm mocking things up. As of this moment in time, I'm thinking about scraping the whole shackle reverse idea and going to coilovers. Problem is, that will cost mega $$$ for heims/shocks/springs/etc.
Love Tom Wood's drive shafts. I have one on my JK, extremely good quality. And the guy I spoke with on the phone really knew his stuff, which is refreshing in comparison to some other places I have called.sonoraed wrote:http://www.customdriveshafts.com/ good FAQ"S concerning driveshafts
Im running a set of Chevy ProComp 6" springs with FSSR and original brackets. The Chevy springs have a centered pin moving the axle 1" towards center [gets the drag link away from the pitman arm]. It works great and only needed a 6 degree shim to correct Caster.Jeff from Iowa wrote:Wow I would have never thought someone would just bolt the shackle into the rear leaf mount like that? Doing it that way a guy could probably run stock leafs and end up with a 4 inch lift by the time you drop the front down enough?
Id like to get the stock ride back in mine the front bounces terribly.
I have considered a reversal to help with the ride but I was planning to put a bushing in the frame etc.
Yeah, that is what I'm starting to think too. It doesn't require too much compression. Mostly droop. I like the idea of running limit straps.j20brett wrote:Im going to go ahead and tell you that ive destroyed 2 1350 cv driveshaft's (ground for 35 deg of angle) and my np208 thanks to maxing out the angles on droop. Take extra time to get your droop angles correct. A limit strap is an easy solution. O, and I use about 7-8" of slip in my front driveshaft with the shackle reversal, but only about an inch is in compression, since the springs are only 2" lift. Hence why the picture flint posted has been running like it is so long. I doubt that axle moves much at all in compression, but moves forward a ton in droop.