Shackle reversal?

[Sea Knight]

I went from perfect steering in my FJ40 in stock configuration to a SR and noticed no difference.

Same experience here, on a previous 40. Steering was fine before and after SR. No noticeable change in the ride either. I wouldn't do it again. Unless you're building a wheeling truck and need to improve approach angle.

 

[Mr. Toad]

The idea for the shackle reversal came from a 1978 public grant from the Japanese government to Shinshei-Yatikori Technological Institute in Wakayame, in conjunction with Toyota's terrestrial transportation division, to fund a study of landing gear design and stability in orbital re-entry craft. The Toyota engineers brought their traditional shackle-forward design to the table, but were astonished to learn how advanced their American counterparts at NASA, in conjunction with Ford's leaf-sprung industrial truck division, had become with their innovations in shackle positioning. The industrial espionage involved in bringing the NASA/Ford design to Wakayame was astonishing, but that's another topic for another day. Confronted with the inescapable fact that his work was inferior to the what had become state-of-the-art, Yasuo Wushantou, Toyota's lead engineer, took his life in the fourth floor break area of the tower the joint team had leased next to the National JapAnime Museum. From this point forward, word leaked in the automotive design world that Toyota had, in fact, got it wrong. The information trickled out of the engineers' pocket protectors and into the realm of common knowledge until, by the late 1990s, aftermarket parts suppliers in regions from Australia to France (going west to east, of course) were in a frenzy to see how many copies of someone else's shackle reversal design the used Toyota four-wheel-drive market could sustain. In 2001, it seemed that every copy of Toyota's mistake would be corrected, restoring at least 1.4 mm of additional rock clearance to the world. But the unfortunate story of Tasuo Wushantou does not end there. A relatively unknown American named Jim Chenowith published a semi-scholarly dissertation on why Tasuo had, in fact, got it right. Unfortunately, it was too late to save Tasuo's family from the harsh ridicule and shame-induced poverty that has plagued them since the suicide of their patriarch. It seems that certain multinational corporate interests have suppressed the dissemination of Tasuo's veracity such that contemporary reports continue to filter back from persons who tried to correct Tasuo's "error." The reports contain first-hand accounts like, "It don't wiggle no more," and, "It's the best mod I ever done," and "It sure was sloppy before I done it." However, research has shown that these person may be either (1) compensating for their own shame at spending substantial sums of money on a modification that, well, doesn't do anything good, or (2) comparing the ride of their truck as it feels after installing new suspension components to the ride they experienced on components that were more than thirty years old or, alternatively, homemade in a southeastern Ohio lean-to. It remains to be seen whether these poor soles will choose the same fate as Tasuo.

 

[Sea Knight]

The idea for the shackle reversal came from a 1978 public grant from the Japanese government to Shinshei-Yatikori Technological Institute in Wakayame, in conjunction with Toyota's terrestrial transportation division, to fund a study of landing gear design and stability in orbital re-entry craft. The Toyota engineers brought their traditional shackle-forward design to the table, but were astonished to learn how advanced their American counterparts at NASA, in conjunction with Ford's leaf-sprung industrial truck division, had become with their innovations in shackle positioning. The industrial espionage involved in bringing the NASA/Ford design to Wakayame was astonishing, but that's another topic for another day. Confronted with the inescapable fact that his work was inferior to the what had become state-of-the-art, Yasuo Wushantou, Toyota's lead engineer, took his life in the fourth floor break area of the tower the joint team had leased next to the National JapAnime Museum. From this point forward, word leaked in the automotive design world that Toyota had, in fact, got it wrong. The information trickled out of the engineers' pocket protectors and into the realm of common knowledge until, by the late 1990s, aftermarket parts suppliers in regions from Australia to France (going west to east, of course) were in a frenzy to see how many copies of someone else's shackle reversal design the used Toyota four-wheel-drive market could sustain. In 2001, it seemed that every copy of Toyota's mistake would be corrected, restoring at least 1.4 mm of additional rock clearance to the world. But the unfortunate story of Tasuo Wushantou does not end there. A relatively unknown American named Jim Chenowith published a semi-scholarly dissertation on why Tasuo had, in fact, got it right. Unfortunately, it was too late to save Tasuo's family from the harsh ridicule and shame-induced poverty that has plagued them since the suicide of their patriarch. It seems that certain multinational corporate interests have suppressed the dissemination of Tasuo's veracity such that contemporary reports continue to filter back from persons who tried to correct Tasuo's "error." The reports contain first-hand accounts like, "It don't wiggle no more," and, "It's the best mod I ever done," and "It sure was sloppy before I done it." However, research has shown that these person may be either (1) compensating for their own shame at spending substantial sums of money on a modification that, well, doesn't do anything good, or (2) comparing the ride of their truck as it feels after installing new suspension components to the ride they experienced on components that were more than thirty years old or, alternatively, homemade in a southeastern Ohio lean-to. It remains to be seen whether these poor soles will choose the same fate as Tasuo.

 

[camcruiser13]

did it and love it


i also moved the axle foward, but thats another thread in itself

 

[lucky 13]

did it and love it


i also moved the axle foward, but thats another thread in itself

x2

i am still aiming for the 100" plus length too, and seemed the best way to do it.