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Old 11-28-2007
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Icon5 chevy drop shackles

ok im hearing a lot about these shackles, and im new to this site as well as a new ranger owner so just wondering, so please let me know thank you
 
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what do you want to know about them?

The lower chevies and lift our trucks 1.5-2 inches
 
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i dont even know what it is at all haha ive never even owned a truck ive always been in cars haha and i didnt wanna lift those haha
 
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The shackle is the thing that connects the back of your leaf spring (in the back of the truck bolted to your axle) to the frame. Putting an extended shackle on the fullsize trucks actually lowers it because of the way the shackle is mounted. On our trucks, a longer shackle lifts the back end.
 
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