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Old 03-31-2016, 03:14 PM   #5
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Re: Caught between a axle flip and a hard place.

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Originally Posted by 70's luvr View Post
Thanks for the reply Mike. I don't believe I could make the shackles any shorter than stock. I was wondering if a new set of leaf springs would buy me any height (Stock ones have to have sagged) but then it'll ride even stiffer. Do they make lift shackle mounts? Can you just move the stock ones down?
I know on my '84 M1010 (basically a K-30 with ambulance box) they were shackle flips for doing a lift. I did mine with a 2 1/2" lift. No idea if they make them for '72 and earlier.
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