<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jim Brink:<BR><B>This weekend I finally got off my lazy keester and decided to get the ball rolling on my truck. I wanted to level the rear end so I made some longer (7" eye to eye un braced) shackles. <P><I>Now, before everyone scolds me for the length of the shackle, I just want to say that my hero and mentor Scott Wilson ran 10" long shackles on his rig for a long time without any problems. So there</I> <P>Okay, here is my problem: When I sat the truck down on its full weight (on the tires), the shackles were canted to one side. When viewing from the rear of the truck, the shackles were leaning to the left.<P>Was this because the axle had shifted to one side slightly?<P>Will this straighten out?<P>I have NOT torqued down the u-bolts fully. Should I unbolt them, shake the axle a bit, then torque them to spec?<P>Yes, I installed a ubolt flip at the same time as the shackles so the axle was free to move around a bit.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'ev been running 7" shackles (braced) now for nearly 2 years. Probably worth making sure the spring center pins are seated in the perch and spring plate. What size bolts/sleeves are you using? How are the bushings, new or old? Did you drill all the shackle plates at one time? I stack mine up, tack weld them together before drilling to make sure the holes are aligned.<P><P>------------------<BR>--<BR> Roger Brown<BR> 4crawler@home.com <BR> <A HREF="http://reality.sgi.com/rogerb/4Runner.html" TARGET=_blank>4Crawler Web page</A>