Front leaf spring issue solved!

[arlenroy]

Shout out to @jim land for the heads up on Iron Man not building proper length leaf springs, I fabricating longer shackles with an eccentric to adjust out the caster. I'll still put the wedge shims in for her maiden voyage under the axle. Thank you to the community!

 

[JMZ400]

Can you describe a little more what you are going to do, or what you did to "extend" or compensate for the short springs? The pic looks to be a regular anti- inversion type shackle no? I'm no expert. Appreciate your response.

 

[White Stripe]

That's the shackle angle on jack stands? I would send those back. Edit...oh I see its at full droop.

 

[arlenroy]

Can you describe a little more what you are going to do, or what you did to "extend" or compensate for the short springs? The pic looks to be a regular anti- inversion type shackle no? I'm no expert. Appreciate your response.

Hey there, sorry for the late response, I got tied up yesterday. That shackle in the picture I had fabricated out of 1/4" stainless we had in the scrap bin at work, I took the original size then extended it by an 1"7/8 on size. When I get back to the shop I'll post another picture for size comparison, hole to and overall dimensions its larger to make up for Ironman selling shoddy parts. I cut everything to the rough size by hand, the used a end mill to drill all the holes so I'd be sure everything was even. The anti-inversion bolt I fabricated out of 1/2" round stock and then used 1/2" key stock to fabricate the eccentric that pushes the shackle down. Unfortunately, I won't have it back on the road for a bit to test it out.

 

[arlenroy]

That's the shackle angle on jack stands? I would send those back. Edit...oh I see its at full droop.

Hey there, yes, its at full droop, I don't have everything on it yet, I'm tempted to send it back but its been such a hassle to get to this point I'm trying to make it work.

 

[arlenroy]

Hey there, sorry for the late response, I got tied up yesterday. That shackle in the picture I had fabricated out of 1/4" stainless we had in the scrap bin at work, I took the original size then extended it by an 1"7/8 on size. When I get back to the shop I'll post another picture for size comparison, hole to and overall dimensions its larger to make up for Ironman selling shoddy parts. I cut everything to the rough size by hand, the used a end mill to drill all the holes so I'd be sure everything was even. The anti-inversion bolt I fabricated out of 1/2" round stock and then used 1/2" key stock to fabricate the eccentric that pushes the shackle down. Unfortunately, I won't have it back on the road for a bit to test it out.

Here is the side by side of the shackle I fabricated on the end mill and the original.