is this a rear shackle being used for a leaf SAS?

http://www.superford.org/getfile.php?id=85662&toggle=fullsize&f=P9200031.JPG

Yep, that's exactly what I've done. Whose rig is that? He even moved the shackle pivot up and forward like I did.

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/detail.php?id=3768&s=13570#content

LOL, well I guess someone looks at my registry pics, that whole swap looks awfully familiar:toothless

I thought it looked a little familiar....:thumbup

Looks like someone has a date with some rust inhibitor and some Krylon? :D

A textbook Lawyer setup- no doubt.:D It looks to be that the guy got the hangers and shackles brand new. Still has the tags...

Originally posted by RaisedIIPerfection
Looks like someone has a date with some rust inhibitor and some Krylon? :D
ya, not all of use live in ****ign gay california with no rust!

Wow Thats alot of rust:) My 85 frame still looks new and I'm in Alaska:)

you should have seen my 92's. it made me sick.....

Originally posted by BadassBronco
ya, not all of use live in ****ign gay california with no rust!

HAHA sucks to be where you live!:D I guess its a trade-off. We get stringent emission testing and you get rust up the ying yang.

I used the rear shackle mount off of a 78 f-250 it places the shackles in the frame rails instead of under them. you have to put a good size hole in the frame but it really isnt that big of a deal.

Originally posted by broncobandit
I used the rear shackle mount off of a 78 f-250 it places the shackles in the frame rails instead of under them. you have to put a good size hole in the frame but it really isnt that big of a deal.

But only helps you if you have a '78/9 D60 with the 32" center to center spring perch spacing.

Whether or not you can see it in the pics, the newer 36" center to center spring perch spacing requires the spring to be ..............well..........to be just under the frame, about 2/3 out and 1/3 under.........or maybe the reverse. Hell, I forgot. But you get my drift.

The hangers for the rear of front leafs from any '80+ F250 or 350 is the easiest way, just as pictured........cause it bolts up and puts the spring exactly where it needs to be side-to-side

Hey Broncobandit,
Do you have any pics of your rear shackle mounts?

Originally posted by J-Roc
Hey Broncobandit,
Do you have any pics of your rear shackle mounts?

They're the same ones I posted pics of showing SwampDonkey it could be a way to do a bolt-on swap if he used them up front..... but SuperFord made those pics mysteriously disappear. Maybe I can find time to re-post tonight.

EDIT: here ya go.

Burn a hole for the lip I'm pointing at, replace the three rivets with bolts:
http://www.superford.org/getfile.php?id=89869&toggle=fullsize&f=SwampDonkey 005.jpg

Could work like this on the framehorn, too, if you were willing to have the shackle up front:
http://www.superford.org/getfile.php?id=89871&toggle=fullsize&f=SwampDonkey 008.jpg

Originally posted by Keith_L
They're the same ones I posted pics of showing SwampDonkey it could be a way to do a bolt-on swap if he used them up front..... but SuperFord made those pics mysteriously disappear. Maybe I can find time to re-post tonight.

EDIT: here ya go.
Burn a hole for the lip I'm pointing at, replace the three rivets with bolts...Could work like this on the framehorn, too, if you were willing to have the shackle up front:


Thank you very much Keith for making that clear as day. Thats what I thought they looked like. My mounts are pretty much the same as the one you pictured. I plan to reinforce the inside of the frame with 3/16" steel while using the mounts. I plan on the reverse shackle setup- sometime :banghead