Revolving Shackles

[kylenay]

Has anybody had experience with revolving shackles? They look interesting but I wonder if they work that well, and I haven't really seen many people on the trail with them to ask. Thanks.

 

[Exalted 4x4]

They look like they would work well but i have heard tons of horror stories about them. Sometimes if you are going down a steep decent the rear shackles will extend and make you roll. I just talked to one of my buddies the other day who had them on his xj. He hated them and took them off after one trip. They actually held him up more than helped.

 

[Milner]

Stay away, very far away!! I tried them way back when they were new and cool, bent both main leaves, and almost endo'd several times. They went bye-bye as soon as I got home. 1 trip is all it took!

 

[_Auzzy_]

from what I know if you don't have both the frame bracket and shackle, the shackles or frame brackets dont work for shiz and twist and break springs like there is no tommorow. and they make side hilling nearly impossible without peeing your pants. we have one guy in our group who ran them and was kicking himself for it.

 

[chans]

They work great on the front if the shackles are in the front and not reversed but will flatten or bend your springs faster than anything. They suck on the rear because of what others have already said.

 

[leorn]

I had them once upon a time and removed them like everyone else. I never felt like they caused me to be more likely to roll, but on a climb they will bend springs.

They do increase articulation as advertised...

 

[jpest]

I had them on my old YJ. I never had a problem with them on side hills, never felt like I was close to endo'ing, They never unloaded on steep decents.

The problem I had with them was they caused axle wrap on steep climbs. They would unload with any kind of throttle and cause things to break.

I took them off after a trip or two. Don't use them they will cost you lots of money

 

[OREGON85]

Band Aid flex. Just think about the physics for a bit. All they do is let one end of your axle drop and only the weight of half of the unloaded axle is touching the ground which doesn't really help at all.

 

[notajeep]

I had them on my toyota and really liked them. I did add a center limiting strap so that they could not both unload at the same time but would still let each side droop separatly. Never had any spring bending issues or funny ride issues and scarry endo issues at all.

 

[Rot Box]

I had them on my toyota and really liked them. Never had any spring bending issues or funny ride issues and scarry endo issues at all.

It's hard to notice "funny ride issues" if you can't get your 60HP vehicle over 25MPH! And no I never helped you piece together a bent, busted, and twisted rear spring in an ALCO parking lot... nope never!

Anyway Dan makes everything look good... As for the rest of us we've spent the past couple of years trying to forget that revolvers even exsist

 

[mesha]

I had them front and rear. They did help with flex. They did help me bend and break rear springs. They did cause hopping in the rear and mad a funny noise when the loaded and unloaded. I wouldn't use them on the rear. I actually liked them on the front though. That being said I don't have them anymore.

 

[Gravy]

similar results on mine as notajeep until I got rid of them

however it have killed a couple sets of springs with axlewrap... might have had something to do with it...?

 

[leorn]

good tech notajeep

I did add a center limiting strap so that they could not both unload at the same time but would still let each side droop separatly. Never had any spring bending issues or funny ride issues and scarry endo issues at all.

That seems like it would cure the only problem I had with them which was axle wrap when they unload on climbs. A trac bar would also be on the list.

Also, 1/2 the weight of an axle plus a tire ~100lbs on a tire gives you a lot more traction than a tire in the air.

 

[OREGON85]

Also, 1/2 the weight of an axle plus a tire ~100lbs on a tire gives you a lot more traction than a tire in the air.

That's what I was trying to say, you said it better.

 

[kmboren]

I think you are better off to not go with them and get a boomerang or longer shackle. I have had longer shackles on my cherokee or a while now and they seem to do great. Probably better off not complicating things with the revolvers.

 

[solidfrontaxle]

Bad idea. Knew it was a bad idea, but I was too cheap to do it right. Rolled my truck on the first trail.

 

[choptopbII]

i had a set on my truck, they went to the scrap pile after one trip.

 

[ALF]

mine seem to work fine

 

[kylenay]

Thanks for the input guys. I was really only considering them for the front, but it sounds like I should put my $ else where. Guess it makes sense why I haven't seem them on the trail really, most of yall tossed them after the first trip.