Spring shims

[skyshark186]

Looking at putting a ccot 4" HFS lift kit with 1.5" shackles. Want to run 35s. Let me know what degree shims youve used or what kits youve had good luck with as far as quality vs. price. Thanks

 

[fsusteve]

I ran 4 degree shims with 1.5 shackles up front. Get steel if you can, pretty much get them anywhere.

 

[skyshark186]

saw em on sor for about 20 a pair. did you keep your stock driveshafts?

 

[fsusteve]

Yes, you should be fine there, some replace their brake lines for longer ones, I didn't see the need in my situation.

 

[Chase77]

If you get the springs post up your results with them. I was shooting for Dec to buy a set but havent heard of anybody running them other than the TT article. Good luck.

 

[skyshark186]

Ive heard a few good results with the ccot springs. Two guys thought they rode/held up better than rancho. Ive always been a rancho fan so that sold me. I wont have money to get tires for underneath my new lift for a bit so sadly it will just sit for now.

 

[DieselFJ]

I ran a 2.5 inch Old Man Emu spring and a 2 inch lift shackle. I tried shims and found that the 4 degree shims caused too much angle on the u-joints. I went to the 2 degree shims and that was not enough to get the angles within 3 degrees. I ended up with driveline vibration no matter what I did. I ended up getting a double cardon u-joint rear drive shaft which solved all problems. I still needed 2 degree shims to get within -1to+1 on the pinion side. Anyway, just my 2 cents

 

[hatfieldcb]

I've got the Land Cruiser Advanced Handling shackle reversal and put 4" BDS springs on. I used a 3 degree shim, but I'm not sure I needed to. I'm still building the cruiser so I won't know about vibration for a while. With the shackle reversal could I have gone with out shims?

Chris Hatfield, TLCA#2768