I have ripped off a couple of the front spring hangers from time to time and have decided it is time to fix the problem before it becomes anymore of a problem.

While I am in the process of replacing the spring hangers I suppose I could swap to fullsize leaves of some kind without to much more trouble. (Rear chevies or the like???)

I am looking to see if anyone has any suggestions for other mods I should perform while I am in the middle of replacing all the spring hangers front and rear....well maybe just the front ones since that is where the majority of the problems lie.

The reason the hangers keep ripping off is the longer than stock shackles and the fact that I am still using the factory mounts on my 73 Scout II. :D

Those that have replaced your hangers.....did you fab your own or is there a cheap beefy alternative that I can just buy and weld on???

For those that have BTDT, I would like to hear what you did.

so you're still shackle front, correct? If so now would be a good time to go RS. If you're planning on using the scout factory springs I'd look at www.dandcextreme.com if you'relooking to buy a cheap beefy alternative kit. I bought a set of hangers from one of the toyota vendors to do my 44044 swap. I think the hangers were like 15 bucks or so, nice and beefy. I added in some 1/4" bracing aroud them too, just to be overkill safe.

put some 52" chevys up front, and some ford 57" rears or chevy 63" rears in the rear.

have already done a cut and turn on my axles and the driveline works great, driveability is awesome. No real flex problems at this time. Its plenty flexly.

How does the math work out so you know the correct place to position the new longer springs???

I fabbed my own.. To figure position, sit the vehicle on them ,figure out the squat and do the math. Figure your shackle and spring perch lenghts, heights, for camber and pinion angle, if you don't want to cut and rotate...