bout 2 years ago i installed the belltech 3" lowering shackles....seemed fine...but shortly after i heard what seemed to be my bed bouncing....like loose......figured id check it out....and its the shackles were rubbing the bed.....and when i hit a bump you hear them smackin the bed....just recently put new shocks on figuring they were goin....ans it still does it......has anyone else have the same problem im having???
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trevor
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I didnt know they made 3" shackles, I thought they only went to 2"
1951 3100
1984 C10
My shackles are 2'' brought it down about 2.5. I got about 300 pounds in the bed for winter, and no rubbing.
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Originally Posted by ducky
your right 2"...im sorry
trevor
kn cai
dynatech supermaxx LT headers/cats
flowmaster thunder series exhaust
nelson performance tune 160* t-stat
full memphis audio minus alpine 10"sub
2" shackles should not hit. When the leaf compresses the shackles actually get farther away from the bed. You said it only happens when going over bumps? Can you get a picture of where the shackle is rubbing?
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did you possibly install them backwards i did this on my moms truck but caught it before i put the second one on
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do you mean right and left?....cause i believe there is only way they can go on up and down...if thats the case then yes posilby....lemme get some pics today...ill post up and see what yas think....
thank you
trevor
kn cai
dynatech supermaxx LT headers/cats
flowmaster thunder series exhaust
nelson performance tune 160* t-stat
full memphis audio minus alpine 10"sub
you can put them on backwards. The shackle has an open side and a closed side. If you have the close side forward you could be banging the spring against it during suspension travel.
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belltech makes 3" shackles for the HD trucks. i had them on my truck and had to bend some material out of the way so they didnt contact the underside of the bed.
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true, on mine the 2" shackles would hit a seam in the bed so I had to take a saw and cut the seam/pinch weld on both sides of the shackle and then took a hammer and bent that section of the bed out of the way.
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