Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Ok, no flamin'! I know questions like this are numerous on here, but mines a little different... and somewhat urgent. My bro-in-law just called me and they're doing a T/S lift on his bro-in-laws Blazer. I did the same on my Durango, so I know a bit about it. On mine, what I did was buy lowering shackles for a full-size chevy and they worked perfectly. Now they're needing some shackles quick and I was wondering what options they may have to buy locally. All they'd need is a shackle that's 3" wide by 6" long to acquire a 2" lift, correct? Does anyone know of a stock shackle by those dimensions? He's gonna hit up some junkyards 'cause we don't have much in the way of 4x4 shops around... I know we can get 'em online, but he'd like to have them by tonight...

so, does anyone have any ideas?

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

They need to be 8" long for 2" of lift.

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Oh... that's right. Extra 2" for every 1" of lift, am I right?

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Talked to my bro... he picked some up at Autozone for $15 - 3" x 8.5" (should net him 2.25 in the rear, right?). What a deal! If anyone's interested, I'll let you know how it goes... heading over there now.

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Don't use those autozone shackles. They're made out of crap metal, and don't have any sort of lateral support to them.

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

If you didn't know Jigg could prob let you know where you can find some lift shackles for your blazer.;)

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Made mine, 1/2 inch plate steel. I had lateral support in them at first but screwed up and it was hitting the spring so I cut it out. I figured with the overkill of thickness I'll be fine.

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There's other bolt holes close to the bottom (for varied lift choice)... would a bolt through those offer lateral support? And here's pics - but it looks like you guys already know what we're talking about:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...42/p_00084.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...42/p_00086.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...42/p_00087.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...42/p_00088.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...42/p_00089.jpg

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Oh yeah, forgot to ask... what lug pattern do you guys have? 5 bolt x what? Sorry - I'm a Jeeper and not too familiar w/ the Blazer realm...

RE: Shackle Lift 4 Cheap?
 

Blazers are 5 x 4.75 bolt pattern