I made video reviewing a few shackles and improved my ride

hey guys....
i think i finally reached the perfect "ride feel"... improved stability ,no more bed bounce and jitteriness after i added the front and rear TRD sway bars. and YES i added a little rake to my TRD PRO. not for all but i love it.

 

You installed the Coachbuilder bushings in the wrong place. They go in the spring eyelets

 

I saw that too. I made that same comment directly on the video.

 

crap... there is no way they would of fit in there....really? i called coachbuilder and no one answered ..

 

Yeah you have to press the old bushings out with a ball joint press or other homemade tool. Do a search on the forum for the process.

 

called coach builder and they set me strait.. edited the out the busing install in the video...and i fixed it on my truck...i ended up beating them out with a 26mm impact socket... easy enough... thanks guys!!

 

You should still a better ride with the poly bushings in the correct place. They do help.

 

i will do a part 2 when i have more miles on them....

 

Keep posting your videos! Very kuul! We are here to help each other.....

 

Are there any drawbacks to installing these? I have exactly zero rake right now and I'm pondering them for when I'm hauling my trailer and a cooler full of beer. Think it would be good to get some rake built into the truck to help offset the weight.

 

What size trailer? Best bet is to hear from @ColoradoTJ concerning this.

 

I went with the coachbuilder +3 I love the the rake ride feels good just like it did before the shackles I have the front shims but haven’t installed them yet I don’t know if I am yet maybe I will wait until I get my 295s on it

 

lol...beeeer....when i did my superior internet research (obviously it sucks) and talking to dave at choachbuilder .... it all points to the positive and nothing negative. so far i cannot believe how nice the ride became. i do not think you can go wrong with any of the widely available shackles ... they ass feel the same, its the wallet that takes it

 

LOL, funny video. I just installed ProForm Fab with coachbuilder bushings this past weekend it was a piece of cake, $95 total is pretty hard to beat. Definitely no grinding or bending required and you just reuse the OEM hardware.

 

i like that !!! out of the box thinking. just as good as full coachbuilder for less then 1/3 the price.
not in the video , but the other proform shackle had a hole drilled to one side... will have to call them on that . it took me 5 weeks to get them to ship the shackles ...they must sell a ton of them