Installed Deavers and Camburg Shackles

[Gary E]

Installed Deaver +2's and Camburg shackles over the past couple of days. Was able to remove the stock parts myself, but needed a helper to install the Deavers because of the 95 pound weight of each, as well as the tight fit of the new bushings into the frame brackets.

To get the proper torque on the front bolt/nut, I fabricated a quick and dirty 12" wrench extension for the 150 pound torque wrench. The 12" extension multiplies 141 pounds to the required 258 pounds for the bolt/nut. The extension is made from 1" square tube with 1" x 1/4" flat steel welded to both sides of the tube. A short socket extension was cut in half with each portion welded inside the square tube.

The truck is now sitting an inch higher than stock. I assume it will drop down to the original level as the Deavers settle in after a short time.

 

[xrocket21]

Nice work dude! Looks clean as hell!

Love the side pipes too

 

[MnFlyer]

Gary,

Sorry to hijack a thread a bit.

Do I understand shackles correctly in that if I used the camburg shackles here

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension...17-18-f-150-15-19-rear-mig-extended-shackles/

Those would LOWER the rear about 1.5” with stock leafs?


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[Gary E]

Gary,

Sorry to hijack a thread a bit.

Do I understand shackles correctly in that if I used the camburg shackles here

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension...17-18-f-150-15-19-rear-mig-extended-shackles/

Those would LOWER the rear about 1.5” with stock leafs?


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Those are 1.5" longer than stock, but the description of them indicates they will lower the truck height about an inch.

 

[MTF]

@MnFlyer

You can get stock length or longer shackles (for drop down if needed)

These are the ones I bought for my Deavers +2
I'm on mid-perch and my truck sits level.

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/camburg-ford-raptor-10-17-f-150-09-17-rear-tig-4130-shackles/

You can go cheap if you want too.

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/camburg-ford-raptor-10-17-f-150-09-17-rear-mig-shackles/

 

[MnFlyer]

Excellent, Thank you gentlemen.

Just making sure my understanding on how and what the shackle does was correct.

I think, think... I want to go with Eibach springs up front and ICON leafs set to option 3 in the rear with 1.5 inch drop shackle. That should put me with only a 1.5 inch lift total in the rear with 1.7 inch lift in the front. Keeps some of the rake but lets me load up the bed and still sit pretty level.

 

[Ski4Ever]

@MnFlyer

You can get stock length or longer shackles (for drop down if needed)

These are the ones I bought for my Deavers +2
I'm on mid-perch and my truck sits level.

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/camburg-ford-raptor-10-17-f-150-09-17-rear-tig-4130-shackles/

You can go cheap if you want too.

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/camburg-ford-raptor-10-17-f-150-09-17-rear-mig-shackles/

Looks like they only have TIG welded options in the stock length, and if you want extended length shackles then you have to get the "cheap" MIG option. Any idea why that would be? Just curious!

 

[Gary E]

Looks like they only have TIG welded options in the stock length, and if you want extended length shackles then you have to get the "cheap" MIG option. Any idea why that would be? Just curious!

There is nothing "cheap" about the MIG welded shackles. I would suspect that the MIG shackles are the most popular. It's what I installed (stock length).

 

[MTF]

They have the Tig extended:

https://camburg.com/shop/suspension...14-raptor-10-14-tig-extended-length-shackles/

 

[Kahuna]

Apparently they do Tig extended but they aren't listed on the site. Jeff from ORA told me you need to call.