Camburg Stock Length Shackles

This is how much room Camburg Stock Length Shackles had between box of the shackle and leaf spring (i would say around 2/16") and for reference this is how much room RPG Stock Length Shackles have (room for days)

zombiekiller said:

I generally just loosen the bolt that holds the shackle to the hanger, take the load off the bolt, remove the bolt, then lower the entire spring and remove the bolt that holds the shackle to the spring.

Nothing hits the bed and a shackle swap takes all of 10-15 minutes.

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Thats what I posted. But in order to take the load of the lower bolt (bolt that hold the shackle to the hanger) without undoing U-Bolts you have to play with rear axle lower it with the jack to the point that this bolt comes out freely whixh means there is no load on the leaf to hit the underside of the bed. Changing shackles on stock leafs without taking ubolts is easy ... there is much much more tension on Icon leaf springs so you got to be careful if you not taking ubolts off.

So to bump this - I have the shackle's unbolted from the frame, no problem and no drama there. However, getting the bolt holding out that is attached the the leaf is now the issue - I can't seem to position the leafs to where I can get the bolt out. Not all the way drooped nor all the way raised and nothing in between either. I'm stock at the moment.

nikhsub1 said:

So to bump this - I have the shackle's unbolted from the frame, no problem and no drama there. However, getting the bolt holding out that is attached the the leaf is now the issue - I can't seem to position the leafs to where I can get the bolt out. Not all the way drooped nor all the way raised and nothing in between either. I'm stock at the moment.

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I might be late but try to position the jack under the side where you taking bolt out and start lifting this side with the jack. It will go up so you can slide the bolt out between the bottom of the bed and frame.

Wojciech Gierczynski said:

I might be late but try to position the jack under the side where you taking bolt out and start lifting this side with the jack. It will go up so you can slide the bolt out between the bottom of the bed and frame.

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Is that how you got yours out? one side at a time, or did you have both sides loose?

Wojciech Gierczynski said:

I might be late but try to position the jack under the side where you taking bolt out and start lifting this side with the jack. It will go up so you can slide the bolt out between the bottom of the bed and frame.

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I could not do this without crushing the support under the bed - the top of the sping dented it as it is from me jacking it up, there is no way in hell the bolt is coming out without removing the springs. I'm over the project and will sell the shackles

nikhsub1 said:

I could not do this without crushing the support under the bed - the top of the sping dented it as it is from me jacking it up, there is no way in hell the bolt is coming out without removing the springs. I'm over the project and will sell the shackles

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My came out without removing springs. My is 2019 with LiveValve I have no idea if rhis has anything to do with it.

Slow6 said:

Is that how you got yours out? one side at a time, or did you have both sides loose?

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I did one at the time.

Wojciech Gierczynski said:

My came out without removing springs. My is 2019 with LiveValve I have no idea if rhis has anything to do with it.

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What springs do you have?

nikhsub1 said:

What springs do you have?

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