Shackles flippin'

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Bob Blair wrote:

> That's the great thing about metal fatigue, you don't know when it will 
> strike.  One of the reasons most people don't have 20+ year old vehicles.

;)  Must've been how, with only asphalt under my truck, the passenger 
side spring (front) mount broke off shortly after the driver's side.. and 
of course, the driver's side failed on the way OUT of the trail.. just on 
the rough road, not on the rocks n' trees I was climbing earlier..

> BYW, I think I found a solution to the shackle flipping in the front.  But
> I have to finish it & TEST it before I say too much!

I found one that's worked pretty well so far, too... drop a V8 in! ;-)

I had my Scout buried deep in some snow last trip out.. I Hi-Lifted my 
nose up and out so we could have an easier time winching... and watched 
in horror as my shackles bent rearward a good ways as I sucked the front 
tires out of the snow... but when I let it back down, all was well.  
Humph.  Well, that was cool!

-Tom