[Felk762]

Went and looked at a 85 blazer today and gonna pick it up and sign the papers tomorrow. Already sittin on a 6" lift and 33 bfg muds. No pics yet but I'll get some up tomorrow if all goes and planned. But yeah for 600 bucks I think I'm getting a good new toy

Plans:
As soon as its in my driveway the 33s and axles are comin of and going on craigslist.
These are gonna get replaced by hopefully a dana 60 and gm14 ff with some kind of locker and 38s-40s(basically what ever I can find for a good price)

Pull out the sawzall and go to town on the fenders.

Then throw on a shackle flip to getter sittin higher.(thinking about the Offroad Design 4")

And sometime this summer get to buildin a full cage and bumpers.

Anyways this will be my first trail rig build so any suggestions or pointers are very welcome and stay tuned for the BEFORE pics tomorrow. This is gonna be my new hobby when I move to tahoe next fall seeing how I wont be able to race my truck nearly as much.

 

[trkklr77]

move to reno so you can ditch the smog shit. 85-86 are the wost years to have carb and emmissions wise.

 

[Felk762]

Does smog really matter if I regester it as a OHV?

 

[trkklr77]

absolutley not.

 

[Felk762]

so I guess I'm set

 

[Felk762]

Well I went to pick it up today and it died on us about 40 miles from home. With the help of a couple cal trans guys we got it running again (think it mite have been a problem with the electricity around the battery)(one of the cal trans guys also noticed that the water pump was leaking) but about a mile down the road it died again, so it got towed to a empty parking lot in san jose. So now I gotta rent a trailer in the morning and go pick it up. again.

Anyways I snapped a couple pictures on my phone before we left it.

 

[rcurrier44]

Then throw on a shackle flip to getter sittin higher.(thinking about the Offroad Design 4")

So you are going to only lift the back up 4" extra? Or are you going to remove a block or something and use the shackle flip instead (witch is a good idea)?

I hope you are not going to be running a 10" lift with 38"-40" tires.... A 6" lift is the max I would put on any leaf spring 4wd no mater what the tire size.

 

[Felk762]

Yeah I'm ditching the blocks and gonna go with the 4" flip and probably a 2-3" lift spring.

 

[Felk762]

Got an update

Since I've had it back both axles have been dropped including the springs and drive shafts, now its time to sell all the old junk and the good stuff under there.

Heres how it sits as of yesterday

 

[mudmandan]

600$??? Good deal that things mint....

 

[Felk762]

Yup thats why I didn't really mind driving 2 hours down there 3 times to get it home.

 

[Felk762]

*****UPDATE*****

Since the last post I've ordered and installed the ORD shackle flip, picked up some 39.5x16 tsl's (for $400:flipoff2 and started cutting the fenders up and this weekend I'm going trailer shopping and looking at a 14b:smokin:. I got the HD front shackles too but haven't got em on yet.

and yeah I know they're 6 lug rims but it'll work out perfect because 2 are 8 lug and that way I can keep the 10 bolt front till I move to tahoe next month, find a d60 up there and swap the wheels.

 

[spidr]

Is that shackle in backwards?

 

[Bad75GMC]

Is that shackle in backwards?

That's ORD's super shakle

Sweet build man!! Good Luck!

 

[spidr]

That's ORD's super shakle

Sweet build man!! Good Luck!

I realize that, but how does it not rip the eye off on compression.?........
Meaning that the boxed end should face the rear:flipoff2:

 

[wingnut3k]

Is that shackle in backwards?

x2 you might want to look into that

 

[76POS]

Is that shackle in backwards?

sure looks backwards to me! When the suspension compresses that shackle is going to bind up nicely!

I have never installed their flip kit before but I am fairly positive that you need to swap sides with your hangers unless you are going to mounting up some 56" springs.( the hangers are designed to run either length of spring I thought)

my .02

 

[cegusman]

Yep flip the shackle

 

[r0nin89]

sure looks backwards to me! When the suspension compresses that shackle is going to bind up nicely!

I have never installed their flip kit before but I am fairly positive that you need to swap sides with your hangers unless you are going to mounting up some 56" springs.( the hangers are designed to run either length of spring I thought)

my .02

I thought only the diy4x could be switched around for 52/56 spring lengths.

 

[nvrenuf]

Both ORD and Diy4x shackle flip brackets can be mounted accordingly for 52's or 56's. The ORD brackets shown appear to be mounted correctly (with the bracket angle forward).

As for the shackle, I agree, it's backwards.