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i was looking at my rear shackle hanger (front one)on my 70 d100 and it looks like i should be able to unbolt the bracket from the frame and flip it upside down, placing the hanger now upsidedown. this should give me a few inches in the rear without sacrificing the ride quality ascociated with removing springs. has anyone ever tried this, and if so, did you run into any problems?

wouldn't it be easier to just put the axle on top of the springs????

no way, there is only four bolts per bracket. you wouldnt even have to disconect the springs.... that is unless im missing something. i was looking at it again today, and it seems to good to be true. it should lower it about 3-4 inches, and shouldnt take very long.

From what I understand this truck was done that way, both front and back.

cheapshot wrote:i was looking at my rear shackle hanger (front one)on my 70 d100 and it looks like i should be able to unbolt the bracket from the frame and flip it upside down, placing the hanger now upsidedown. this should give me a few inches in the rear without sacrificing the ride quality ascociated with removing springs. has anyone ever tried this, and if so, did you run into any problems?

Cheapshot:
Any pics of what you are describing?

maybe pictures would be better, because the bracket comes from the factory riveted to the frame, and to put the axle on top, is the easiest, you would only have to take the tire off and disconnect the "U" bolts, then put on top of springs on each side, my rear leaf mount is mounted with the spring perch at its highest point, there's no more drop

Are you trying to raise it? I flipped the shackles on a 63 ferd galaxy 4 dr back in my youth and it raised the rear end about 3 inches. As I remember correctly I disconnected the shock and raised the rear end off of the ground with a bumper jack then used the jack lever to flip the shackles.

Here is the thread of the truck I pictured above. It has better pictures of how this was done.

http://sweptline.org/modules.php?name=F ... 9a83a3d0e4

I dont see any pics of how it was done?? Especially the front axle? Iam i missing something?

sorry for not responding earlier, ive been out today working on the truck, and after scraping years of rust and road grime off i realized that what i thought were bolts are actually rivets. i have decided to go ahead and flip the axle tomorrow. hopefully i will be able to get some pics up tomorrow when i am finished. sorry for the goosechase.

after looking at it again, i decided to go ahead and try flipping the front bracket. i used a die grinder to cut the heads off the rivets, punched them out and flipped the bracket. i then installed new bolts and tightened everything up. this gave me about 5 inches and only took about 2.5 hrs. it was much easier then flipping the axle, i kept more travel this way and none of my rear driveline geometry changed. as soon as i can find my camera, i will get some pics up. im about to go pick up my new axle from the salvage yard and drop it off at the local hotrod shop to be dropped 4 inches. ill keep you posted.

CLIFF wrote:I dont see any pics of how it was done?? Especially the front axle? Iam i missing something?

No, your not missing anything. It doesn't show the front. The guy said he was going to post more pictures of how he did it but he never did.

I can't tell for sure but maybe he did flip the axle on the rear. When I originally asked him if he flipped the hangers I hadn't looked at mine closely. The rear one looked upside down to me. I know that the hanger isn't upsidedown and the rivets are still in it. Flipping it would raise the truck. I don't think flipping the front hanger would do much but I can't get the pictures to show so I can't tell. Maybe longer shackles would work too.

I just saw the post where you flipped the front and it worked. I must have been writing this when you posted. Cant wait to see the pictures.

cheapshot wrote:after looking at it again, i decided to go ahead and try flipping the front bracket. i used a die grinder to cut the heads off the rivets, punched them out and flipped the bracket. i then installed new bolts and tightened everything up. this gave me about 5 inches and only took about 2.5 hrs. it was much easier then flipping the axle, i kept more travel this way and none of my rear driveline geometry changed. as soon as i can find my camera, i will get some pics up. im about to go pick up my new axle from the salvage yard and drop it off at the local hotrod shop to be dropped 4 inches. ill keep you posted.

Hey Cheapshot.... Would love to se some pics. Your saying you dropped the rear 5 inches by just flipping the front spring hanger on the rear?? Thats alot of drop! I cant wait to see