Hey all,
Trying to get this OME lift buttoned up for fall crawl (I leave Friday morning) and hit a snag.
OME mandates anti-inversion shackles for use with their springs. I have a Saginaw steering box that is VERY tight to the shackle. Previously, I’d clearanced the shackle and bolt when running stock springs. Shown below:
Now, if this shackle ever TRIED to invert it would have eventually contacted the mounting plate for the power steering box which is 1/4” plate. But the shackle would need to move about 1.5” backward prior to contact so I never worried much about it.
Now with the anti-inversion shackle - the point of the triangle sits VERY close...about 1/4.”
Realistically the shackle can barely get vertical before it makes contact.
To the point that this is how much it can “invert” at all.
In short -the shackle can barely even go vertical, let alone invert. I expect they won’t even go vertical once I put in a bushing and it gets nudged even higher. This leaves me wondering:
1. How concerned do I have to be about the shackle PLATE instead of the anti-inversion cross-bolt, stopping the inversion - particularly against the 1/4” thick power steering mount.
2. If the above is OK - does it just make sense to run the old shackle to allow some rearward travel.
3. Any issue running the anti-inversion shackle upside down? I’m guessing this would put the cross bolt too far away to stop an inversion, but, as above, the shackle plate would be making contact with the steering box mount first anyway...
Any thoughts on how best to proceed here?
Trying to get this OME lift buttoned up for fall crawl (I leave Friday morning) and hit a snag.
OME mandates anti-inversion shackles for use with their springs. I have a Saginaw steering box that is VERY tight to the shackle. Previously, I’d clearanced the shackle and bolt when running stock springs. Shown below:
Now, if this shackle ever TRIED to invert it would have eventually contacted the mounting plate for the power steering box which is 1/4” plate. But the shackle would need to move about 1.5” backward prior to contact so I never worried much about it.
Now with the anti-inversion shackle - the point of the triangle sits VERY close...about 1/4.”
Realistically the shackle can barely get vertical before it makes contact.
To the point that this is how much it can “invert” at all.
In short -the shackle can barely even go vertical, let alone invert. I expect they won’t even go vertical once I put in a bushing and it gets nudged even higher. This leaves me wondering:
1. How concerned do I have to be about the shackle PLATE instead of the anti-inversion cross-bolt, stopping the inversion - particularly against the 1/4” thick power steering mount.
2. If the above is OK - does it just make sense to run the old shackle to allow some rearward travel.
3. Any issue running the anti-inversion shackle upside down? I’m guessing this would put the cross bolt too far away to stop an inversion, but, as above, the shackle plate would be making contact with the steering box mount first anyway...
Any thoughts on how best to proceed here?