shackle's hitting my frame

[801 xj ohh rah]

Ok fellow jeep people's i recently put my lift on and since then my shackle's have been making contact with the frame (it's kinda LOUD) :o so everytime i go over a bump i get this loud clunk noise & i can't find a thread about it so im asking for your help once again ;) thank you for any input

[bigjim350]

I have seen em hit the lower bolt on the bumper bracket while going over bumps, but never the frame. Could you post some pics of it?

[jccatt]

Shackle relocation kit will fix this

[bigjim350]

Well I have seen the need for a shakle relocation kit when flexing, but never just driving over bumps

[801 xj ohh rah]

http://www.xjtalk.com/picture.php?albumid=303&pictureid=2493 here are 2 pic's to show you guy's what is going on http://www.xjtalk.com/picture.php?albumid=303&pictureid=2492

[4.3LXJ]

OK, now I get it. Your spring is too long. If you were to extend the shackle, which they probably assumed you would do anyway, it will probably clear.

[801 xj ohh rah]

what length of extension do you think would work ? a 1 inch you think

[4.3LXJ]

It is a little hard for me to get it right from the pic. But if I was doing it, I would measure how much of the spring eye is inside the shackle bracket and then extend it that much. You might look into a boomerang shackle, bent in the middle for this purpose and get a set of those, which would do the trick nicely I think.

[801 xj ohh rah]

well i guess it makes sense now because the lift kit had the option to do a 3 inch spring lift with a 1.5 shackle to get the 4.5 lift but i needed new springs so i went with the full pack.

[4.3LXJ]

Many times they use the same rear spring for two different heights, just adding a shackle for the extra.

[801 xj ohh rah]

hey thank you for steering me in the right direction you guy's now i know what i need to buy/replace and again THANK YOU

[4.3LXJ]

Any time, that is one of the reasons we are all here. Let us know how it works out.

[801 xj ohh rah]

sorry one more question for you 4.3, do you know how much extra height those boomerang shackle's would give me ?

[4.3LXJ]

No, I don't. A couple of our vendors on here could answer that question for you though. Mark at Payless is on vacation, you might check with Jason at Jeepin Outfitters.

[801 xj ohh rah]

you don't need to answer that question i just found some online, it's like 1 3/8 max so i guess my jeeps butt will be sitting high. and again thank you i hope i can be as knowledgable as you guy's about this stuff

[4.3LXJ]

It all comes from experience. I learned a lot of stuff on forums and from just plain taking them apart and putting them back together.