SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 i felt like a little offroading while cruisin some gravel. found some really deep washouts and went in. flexy as hell but i made it. upon driving off my drivers side was sagging bad! got out, saw the damn shackle on the pass side had flipped inward on me. ive tried flexing it out all the way on some off camber stuff and pulling down on it with a chain but nothing. i know there has to be some serious pressure going on there and I'm not about to start unbolting s**t :eek: any thoughts, ideas, suggestions welcome. i need to get this fixed asap
HOrnbrod Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Way back in the old days we used to flip our rear shackles forward to lift the rear end. It looked stupid and rode like hell, but that was how it was. :D Put your truck up on a frame lift so the rear axle is hanging by the springs, get a large crowbar, pipe, whatever you can fit between the shackle bolts and push it back with the bar. Should pop right back to normal. :cheers:
SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 sure it gave it more lift and does ride like hell but it looks cool (on one side) lol. there isnt a frame lift around here close. there are several regular lifts though. i was thinking using a fork lift to lift up that side till its off the ground and maybe pry it down then but i don't know :dunno: edit: wait there is a guy with one but he's a huge a$$hole and would prolly charge an arm and leg. still, ill ask
SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 snapped a pic right when i got home ill give a few things a looking over while I'm under there for sure. thanks guys :thumbsup:
jimoshel Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Way back in the old days we used to flip our rear shackles forward to lift the rear end. It looked stupid and rode like hell, but that was how it was. :D Put your truck up on a frame lift so the rear axle is hanging by the springs, get a large crowbar, pipe, whatever you can fit between the shackle bolts and push it back with the bar. Should pop right back to normal. :cheers: I used a bumper jack on mine. I hate them things as they're more dangerous than a gun. got the wheel off the ground and used a crow bar. Popped it right out.
SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 with a little prying and pulling it popped back down not as big a deal i thought it was last night but then again i wasnt in the right state of mind :cheers: thanks everybody!
SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 How could you allow a Ford to help fix your Jeep? haha i was wondering if that was coming. its a mazda so its the fords cousin. so its murky water there but i think I'm good :D it barely did the job
mvusse Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Ford Ranger is just a rebadged Mazda, so still the same truck ;)
HOrnbrod Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 with a little prying and pulling it popped back down not as big a deal i thought it was last night but then again i wasnt in the right state of mind :cheers: thanks everybody! You must be from 'Bama. :cheers: Oh - wait, you're from TN! That's even worser. :yes:
SW86 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Posted April 23, 2011 its a fine line but i think after that statement you take the cake :yes: :shake: You must be from 'Bama. :cheers: Oh - wait, you're from TN! That's even worser. :yes: or mazda is a rebadged ford :dunno: either way it had to be done and it hadnt reached the point of using my maxima........it was damn close though :rotf: terrible, terrible trucks IMO, at least his four banger is Ford Ranger is just a rebadged Mazda, so still the same truck ;)
Incommando Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Back in the day, the first mini-trucks here were re-badged Jap trucks: The Chevy Luv was an Isuzu and the Ford Courier was a Mazda. For a decade or so the Mazda B-series has been a thinly disguised re-badged Ford Ranger and the last Isuzus were re-badged S10's. Several Mazdas are re-badged Ford's now, like the Tribute. My how things change.
whowey Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 You forgot the Plymouth Arrow..errr... Dodge D50 being a Mitsubishi..
mnkyboy Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 You forgot the Plymouth Arrow..errr... Dodge D50 being a Mitsubishi.. the early Mazda 2600 4x4 was also mostly mitsubishi with Mazda skin. Its looks weird to find a 4G54 mitsubishi in a mazda truck.
mvusse Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 You forgot the Plymouth Arrow..errr... Dodge D50 being a Mitsubishi.. As was the Dodge Raider (although not a truck). 2 door Montero.
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