Show us you Sweet Shackle angles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[bobm]

Hair B mine . Ya I'm ****ing bored.

Been plowing Snow all morning

 

[trainbufftony]

Perfect

 

[Pighead]

I never really liked mine, but not enough to do anything about it.

 

[J Mack]

Hair B mine

Howbout you rotate your potato phone just a bit more so no one has any clue what is level or 90° just some rusty shackles floating in mid air at random angles!!!

 

[bobm]

Howbout you rotate your potato phone just a bit more so no one has any clue what is level or 90° just some rusty shackles floating in mid air at random angles!!!

How bout you rotate dis and dat not rust it Imaho potater dust. So b4 you jump on my post ya crooked Shacklees angles Biatch

 

[RUSH55]

Hair B mine .

 

[PabloCruise]

Hair B mine . Ya I'm ****ing bored.View attachment 3829414 Been plowing Snow all morning

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Fronts look pretty darn good Bob!

 

[PabloCruise]

How bout you rotate dis and dat not rust it Imaho potater dust. So b4 you jump on my post ya crooked Shacklees angles Biatch

Looks like Bob was feeling just fine yesterday evening!

 

[tucker74]

No offence to anyone sharing knowledge, I find it humorous that the great shackle angle debate has gone on for 20+ years on this forum. We were all sharing measurements to have custom Alcans made in 2002 for our pigs when I joined, guess some things will never change!

 

[J Mack]

We were all sharing measurements to have custom Alcans made in 2002 for our pigs when I joined

But here we are!

 

[tucker74]

Indeed

 

[RUSH55]

And here.

IIRC, both this one and @Pigeaten ’s above are Dobinsons. Now it seemed to me that they made some quality shocks, but apparently didn’t do much homework with the springs.

 

[J Mack]

it seemed to me that they made some quality shocks

What did I miss?

 

[PabloCruise]

Sadness...

 

[tucker74]

We really need to come up with a weight based formula, the setup is what varies here. Bumpers, winches, motor swaps all play into spring length and therefore shackle angle. Prolly why it’s so hard to provide off the shelf kits (especially if designed for 4Xs). Something like if your front axles weight is between x-y buy Dakar or Ironman, y-z look at Dobinson etc for quick reference. All bets are off on outside those, should go custom.

 

[RUSH55]

What did I miss?

As far as shocks go, I think they’re an Australian equivalent to one of the higher end US manufacturers like FOX. Maybe wouldn’t go as far as comparing with KING.

High Performance Shock Absorbers - Dobinsons

Upgrade your ride with Dobinsons shock absorbers. Improve handling and performance on and off the road. Shop now and experience the difference.

dobinsons.com

 

[J Mack]

I think they’re an Australian equivalent to one of the higher end US manufacturers like FOX

I checked out their website while you were typing and they look like an OE style shock that retails for $200 each for their "Twin Tube Nitro-Gas Shock Absorber".
FYI: "KYB Excel-G shocks" are also twin tube gas shocks and can be bought for around $35.00 a shock.

Think I'd stick to Fox, King or even Bilstein if I was going to "upgrade" my shock package.

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[RUSH55]

Here’s some handy diagrams for those that are still confused

 

[RUSH55]

Rob Mullen wrote an article in the November/December 1998 issue of Toyota Trails that covers the topic thoroughly.

 

[PabloCruise]

Rob Mullen wrote an article in the November/December 1998 issue of Toyota Trails that covers the topic thoroughly.

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Oh Mylanta - how did you find that?!?