im minutes away from buying an OME kit for my 60 and keep seeing anti-inversion shackles everywhere. what are the pro's and con's to getting these aswell. do they have to be welded?
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If your springs are able to go inverted your shakles are too short. I cannot imagine why running shackles that are too short on a rig is ever a good thing.nuclearlemon said:i've seen quite a few inverted springs that could've been helped with anti inversion.
as mentioned, if you routinely pick up wheels, get em.
Mace said:If your springs are able to go inverted your shakles are too short. I cannot imagine why running shackles that are too short on a rig is ever a good thing.
Even with antiinversion shackles you are putting a bandaid on your suspension. Instead of allowing the most flex possible you are straining the spring eyes and bushings by putting a bunch of pressure on them.
most of the time, the rest of the time youbend leaf springs.lowenbrau said:Mace is almost right.
Where the theory breaks down is when a rig is climbing out of a hole and bumps the shackels into the bank while the suspension is unloaded. It happens all the time around here when you are breaking ice on river crossings.
If you have an over length shackel or spring then you have about a 50/50 chance of bending the spring at the fisrt spring clamp when you invert. Some method of inversion proofing will save having to buy new leafs.
you got it on upside downloomis said:I recently inverted one of my 2" extended shackles...no major dramas, but hell it made a noise when it happened. ;p
nuclearlemon said:you got it on upside down