Badvert65
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Yes, that is a picture of the driver side shackle mount.
Not sure about this. Shackles??
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66SportFury
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Hey guys, I was thinking last night and in everyone's opinion with it being the way it is now, would it be an issue if I left them this way? The reason is I like the cars stance. I checked it out really good and nothing is hitting. If I flip them over and install them the way they should be,...how many inches will it raise the car in the rear? What do you guys think?
Stormer
Old Man with a Hat
I think I'm gonna flip all mine upside down like that.
66SportFury
Senior Member
I looked at it this morning and sure enough all the bolts that hold the mount in place have been replaced. It will be going to the shop next weekend to have them flipped and at the same time the 3" tailpipes are coming out and we are installing 3" turndowns. I'm so glad we saw this and it will be corrected. Should gain a few inches back there and make the car look meaner! Eventually, this is what I want done to the rear to get those size tires under it. Just have to find someone to do the labor for beer! LMAO!!! I friggin love the way this car looks.
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Badvert65
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I love that 66 Fury. I want to do the same thing to my 65 Fury. (I think that car is for sale on ebay right now)
66SportFury
Senior Member
I think you're right, something like 26,000 and in my opinion worth it. Car is just badass! I know at some point he had dual quads sticking out the hood. Didn't like that look.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Plymouth-Fu...0e071ca36&item=141204507190&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
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bulldogchesty
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That is the same guy I bought my parts car from. Henry.
I might not be recalling correctly, but when my shackle was upside like that, when I corrected it, the car actually came down lower - not higher. It seems like it would go lower in just thinking about it, too.
66SportFury
Senior Member
You're thinking backward. By pulling the spring down it will raise the body. More pressure.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
LMFAO. I asked Henry last week if it was still for sale. Said 'nope, sold it'. Now I know where it went.
I disagree, since your rear mounting point has moved upward, the back end goes with it, and reversing will lower the mounting point, thus lowering the back end. One way to know for sure, do it and report back.
66SportFury
Senior Member
I will do that, but if you look at the picture I posted,..the spring is up next to the body. In my opinion when I move the spring to its original position and the shackles are moved to there normal position there is going to be more pressure on the spring making it want to push up or hold up more weight. Just like when I was younger most of us put longer shackles on our cars to lift the rear end higher for that jacked up look.
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Stormer
Old Man with a Hat
Spring closer to body = lower.
440Sled
Well-Known Member
Yes...you can also reverse the eyes of the springs, so instead of looping under, they will loop up and over dropping the car down another 1.5". I personally wouldn't roll with the shackles like that, just drop $35 and get lowering blocks.
OK, got it. I'll put a rubber band around my head and snap out of it.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
The pressure?
The weight loading on the spring will not change, one end of the spring is fixed an the other floating (the shackle).
The only thing that changes is the relative position of the axle so that alone will raise the car, probably by half the amount of the difference in the forward spring bushing (maybe less as the axle is not in the middle of the spring).
Alan
To hedge the informations; "Your" FSM shows, that your brackets are upside down.
66SportFury
Senior Member
My lord! I know they are upside down. I will be putting everything back to factory. I mentioned "pressure" because when the leaf spring is pulled down where it's supposed to be it will in turn apply more upward pressure on the spring. Maybe I should have said load. The more you pull down a leaf spring the more upward pressure it will have. If you take the rear leaf spring out of the shackles and pull down the spring with your hand it will get harder and harder the more you pull down. It's that simple.
vdk2010, thank you posting the layout.
vdk2010, thank you posting the layout.
saylor
Senior Member
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I think that shackle is upside down . ..
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hey its cold here!
I think that shackle is upside down . ..
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hey its cold here!
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