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Bob W 
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I've been running those M170/late M38A1 shackles for a while now, including the Rubicon, on X98. Mine are NOS parts. No problems except for constant shearing off the grease fittings.
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Spinnas
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Posted: 07 Aug. 2019 at 1:11am |
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Is that 3 stacked factory skid plates in the pic of the broken crossmember?
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Posted: 07 Aug. 2019 at 1:12am |
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These are Omix, so we’ll see how they hold up.
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aboyandhisdog
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Posted: 07 Aug. 2019 at 1:58am |
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Stan, I also have had these for 10 years and they are a superior shackle to the "C" shackle. Of course I am not doing the rock crawling like some of you, but I have confidence that they would hold up without issue. I will ad that with these M38-1A style shackles, the grease goes directly into the end of the shackle, through the shackle, and then exits into the center area of the threaded bushing. A much better design for greasing than the standard "C" shackle where it just goes in to the end of the threaded bushing and then seems to pretty much dead head against the end of the shackle. If a guy looks at it carefully you can see what I mean - grease gets directly in to the threads where the action is.
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smfulle
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Posted: 07 Aug. 2019 at 2:24am |
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Maybe.... I bent one skid plate pretty badly. Somebody (i think Stev) suggested two stacked together. I stacked two together and bent them both up into the driveline. So i got another one and stacked 3 together. They are much tougher to bend. Amazing what kind of damage those mall curbs can do.
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Joe Friday
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Posted: 07 Aug. 2019 at 2:36am |
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Stan, PM me your address. I'm pretty sure I have a set of NOS shackles to donate to grandpa's Jeep. I'd like to see if they fit better than the ones in your picture. They don't look right to me.
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Joe Friday
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 4:05am |
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Shackles should ship tomorrow. Question? How did you handle that all the caps on these shackles are right hand thread? Doesn't that mean 1 front and one rear will be cross threaded? Or did you ream it out?
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smfulle
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 4:24am |
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The mismatched threads are on the spring side of the shackle. The threaded bushing cuts its own threads in the spring eye. I just used my inner bubba and let the thing cut the opposite threads in the spring..
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Joe Friday
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 7:08am |
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ok cool. I didn't want to ship mismatched parts.
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 1:39pm |
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I have some Rubicon shackles I'll send ya too! Send me your shipping address and 27 bucks! 😁
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She can dance a cajun rhythm....jump like a Willy's in four wheel drive...("Sugar Magnolia")
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smfulle
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 1:59pm |
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Hah, I’ve already have parts that look like that. Not as many as you though.
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Posted: 08 Aug. 2019 at 3:47pm |
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As you know all frame shackle brackets are RH threads.
For 2A , 3A and pre-1959 3B only the 2 lower oddball shackles were installed with LH threads. (spring eyes only) In 1959 Willys Motors was having trouble sourcing the "U' type shackles. At that time they started using the conventional designed "Silent Blok" shackles on many of the 3B's. The exact same shackles as the CJ-5 used. They soon went back to "U" type shackles when they became available again. Anyway after 1960 the oddball LH shackles were often times not being used. At times the RH "U" type shackles were being used in place of LH. In fact using only the RH threaded shackles eventually became the late 3B standard. So in effect the post 1959 3B's used all possible configurations excepting the Military type shackles. Bottom line is shackle selection makes little difference concerning fitment to the frame brackets. |
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T98-A Rock Crawler using exclusive factory parts and Approved Special Equipment from the Willys Motors era (1953-1963) Zero aftermarket parts |
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Posted: 08 Sep. 2019 at 2:09am |
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Stan let us know how the three skid plates work out. I am still running 2 but if 3 does the trick it is an easy thing to add.
Also do you have a locker in the front or rear? Stev
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Posted: 08 Sep. 2019 at 2:46am |
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I’ve been running three skid plates for a while now. They take a beating but I’m pretty confident that my belly is safe. I also have made some plates to protect my pedal cross tube and cross member. The three skid plates are pretty heavy and I lose a little bit of clearance, but the trade off is worth it to me. I have Lock Right lockers in both stock axles.
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Posted: 08 Sep. 2019 at 2:52am |
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Stan, how do the Lock Rights affect every-day driving on regular roads? How does the jeep turn, how are mpg's affected?
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Tom
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smfulle
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Posted: 08 Sep. 2019 at 3:17am |
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The Lock Rights do give you a little bit of torque steer on acceleration and decelerations but as long as you know it’s there it’s not an issue. In 2wd there is no other effect. Jeep turns just like normal. I haven’t done much gas mileage comparison. I can’t really imagine that the lockers would make any difference there one way or another. |
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Stev
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Posted: 01 Oct. 2019 at 3:04am |
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Stan,
Did you trim the bummer length of your front bumper? Considering trimming mine. Just wondering if you had shortened yours.
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After bending the ends of my bumper multiple times I cut off several inches from each end. I still bash it from time to time, but it is easier now to get one tire up on things before scraping metal. I often have to take a little angle, but at least I can sometimes get there. Watch this video from about 2:30 to 4:00. You can see how with Jeff’s coaching I was able to get to an angle where I could get a tire up past the shorter bumper. With the stock bumper length I may never have made this one. |
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