Got these in today..

JNK-RNR · Oct 19, 2006

..kiss the ole crappy marlin shackles good bye...

I might end up cutting out the braces in the middle, but I will give them a shot first.

skrause · Oct 19, 2006

did you ever get pics of those other shitty shackles destroying your bushings?

GRNTACO · Oct 19, 2006

Chris, what is the inside measurement on the fat side?

johnboy1 · Oct 23, 2006

are these the offset shackles that they sell at 4wheel parts? casue they look the same (minus the offset) as my rears which were purchased at 4wp except mine didnt come with those fancy greaseable bolts.

skrause · Oct 23, 2006

johnboy said:
are these the offset shackles that they sell at 4wheel parts? casue they look the same (minus the offset) as my rears which were purchased at 4wp except mine didnt come with those fancy greaseable bolts.

Just about everyone sells these ones so I wouldn't be suprised if they were the same. Nobody makes a good unbraced bent plate shackle anymore, AOR was the last. Everyone else has gone to the flat plates and spacers, and the plates are soo skinny that the shoulders of the bushings have nothing to seat against so they get cut off and chewed up when you flex.

TacOffRd · Oct 23, 2006

skrause said:
Just about everyone sells these ones so I wouldn't be suprised if they were the same. Nobody makes a good unbraced bent plate shackle anymore, AOR was the last. Everyone else has gone to the flat plates and spacers, and the plates are soo skinny that the shoulders of the bushings have nothing to seat against so they get cut off and chewed up when you flex.

How thick were the AOR's?

These are 3/8" thick.

MADDMUDDER · Oct 23, 2006

Saw the shakels today they looked sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Deff better then the ones he had on there.

skrause · Oct 23, 2006

TacOffRd said:
How thick were the AOR's?

These are 3/8" thick.

Same. WhoTF made those??? We looked EVERYWHERE

JNK-RNR · Oct 23, 2006

The shackels are performance accessories greaseable's..the Marlin shackles I had up front caused me to replace the bushings every 4 runs or so. I lost no flex..and the on road drive feels a little more responsive.

TacOffRd · Oct 24, 2006

skrause said:
Same. WhoTF made those??? We looked EVERYWHERE

Mine are from Toytec....

http://www.toyteclifts.com/spacersoffroad.htm#shackles

Only the 1" lift shackle comes without the brace, so they might not be long enough for Chris's application (the ones in his pics look longer).

JNK-RNR · Oct 24, 2006

Yup, mine are 2".......

archer1965 · Oct 24, 2006

I bought the greaseable 2" over- stock from 4Crawler

skrause · Oct 24, 2006

archer1965 said:
I bought the greaseable 2" over- stock from 4Crawler

He didn't list any for '85 front axle though...

bite me · Oct 24, 2006

skrause said:
Just about everyone sells these ones so I wouldn't be suprised if they were the same. Nobody makes a good unbraced bent plate shackle anymore, AOR was the last. Everyone else has gone to the flat plates and spacers, and the plates are soo skinny that the shoulders of the bushings have nothing to seat against so they get cut off and chewed up when you flex.

bud builts metal bushings are larger so you don't have the springs sliding from side to side.

been there done that.