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Shackle Flip

From 1990 Ford Bronco “Bling-Bling” — documented by TTB Blows.

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1990 Ford Bronco - This is what a stock setup will look like. This shackle is said to be "in tension" 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's my shackle flip; the shackle is now "in compression" 1990 Ford Bronco - Rear view of shackle flip. Expect approx 5" of lift over stock. 1990 Ford Bronco - This is a view of the flip on the driver's side of Chris Gzybowski's Bronco. Note the yellow holes indicate where the stock hanger was. The… 1990 Ford Bronco - Here's a similar shot on the passenger side of my Bronco, without the aid of additional graphics as above. Again, note that the pivot lines… 1990 Ford Bronco - The stock shackles really aren't up to the task. My passenger side bent (altho you can see my spring bushing was hurting, too) 1990 Ford Bronco - BigNorm bent his shackle on the opposite side (does the failure look familiar?) 1990 Ford Bronco - Nathan's shackle bent 8/03. This is one of the more severe failures I've seen due to the flip 1990 Ford Bronco - This picture shows the stock front hanger *for the rear springs* on my '90 Bronco. NOTE this is the hanger just behind the doors and is the… 1990 Ford Bronco - BigNorm's beefed up shackle 1990 Ford Bronco - My reinforced shackle, aka the "Mad Max" shackle 1990 Ford Bronco - My reinforced shackle 1990 Ford Bronco - This shows some rear flex with the flip (not that a shackle in tension isn't capable of similar flex) 1990 Ford Bronco - *DIFFERENT* This shows a second, alternate approach. Take the stock Bronco rear/rear hangers and just turn them over. This doesn't provide… 1990 Ford Bronco - The old hangers are good for something