Guys I am also going to go shackle reversle in frt and need to know what and who I should order the shaft from ( how long on the slip yoke).

Doyle :confused:

Talk to jess for the shaft.

come on man, high angle driveline....he is all over this board, you need to look around first on this board before posting. If you had just looked, you would see that he has bulletin ads all over this board.

as far as where you live, i don't know...do you have a phone book?

as far as how long....measuring tape...im sure it differs for people as far as length depending on how the RS is setup and what springs are used

hey snoop, the reason i asked it that way is i have heard that the travel on a reverse shackle moves alot more backwards than stock meaning if you get it wrong you could blow the transfer case off the back of the gearbox. so i did not want to get i wrong the first time. i do know of people for getting a shaft but i wanted ya'lls opinion.

doyle

the travel DOES move backwards it's not some myth, when the spring compresses it pushes the shackle towards the tcase. b/c the spring bucket on the front of the frame is solid mounted/welded the shackle on the back has to go somewhere so on upward travel the shackle pushes out/towards the tcase...it doesn't move forward.

wow

just do some searching and you will end up answering all your questions, it's been asked and perfected on here plenty of times...you can't go wrong by searching

Actually, Snoops right. The tape measure is your correct answer.


Unless your copying someone else's work EXACTLY, with the same variables its hard to give a definitive answer. More than stock definitely, but how much depends on how flat or arched your springs are, shackle position, how you designed your RS, how much it all articulates… etc.....


my best advice, build the front suspension, then take the truck out for a street drive to warm up the springs, then flex the crap out of it as best as you can... run your tape. Flex it the other way and run a tape. Then run a tape at rest. Add some safety to keep from pogo-ing the t-case off (right Tom :D) and then call High-Angle, Tom Woods, or some local shop or 4x4 builder and see what they can do.


Or search and find out how to build one your self. The more your truck flexes, the more travel you will probably need (obviously) and the more specialize the shaft will need to be. I run a 12" travel front shaft because I didn't want to play the guessing game and have plenty more travel than I need (but I do use a good portion of it)

I will be in the same predicament in the future, if you are building it from boneyard stuff I have heard that Ford pickup yokes have the most travel of stock stuff, but I have never heard just what years and models the desirable yokes came on.

thanks guys for all the advice, this is why i came to ya'll. i do have one of the ford shafts, it is a rear bronco and has about 6 to 7 inches total. that is alot more than stock frt scout shaft, but not enough for reverse shackle.

doyle
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