Dodge Dakota Rear Spring Shackle Replacement.
Dodge Dakota Spring Shackle Replacement
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I used a air chisel and tapped out the bolt
Mr rich. Ty for your videos, I own a dakota and found your videos to be
invaluable , I out your video on and do the job step by step , I would have
never tried doing ball joints until I saw your video, I do have on question
, can you tighten the sway bar link too tight? I put torque rep wrench to
27 but it never stopped, so I tightness until I got a little squish. Will I
hurt the truck? …..I have to do shackles this week, I don’t have air
tools, I have a breaker bar, I should use that on the 21 and just use the
t55 to hold…..? My shackles didn’t break, so do I put truck on jack
stands, to keep tire just off ground? And then keep jack on the side I’m
working on jacked up so to capture the spring when shackle comes off…
Again Ty sir for your time.
I have a 2004 dakota and my leaf spring shackle is opposite the spring
itself is on top of the lower assembly, how does one get the top bolt off
the leaf spring? no room to get the bolt out. any help?
My 03 just had this issue and my shackle is opposite yours. Above instead
of below. Is yours a 4×4?
Nice job bud*****
Dude sounds like Ray Romano from Everybody Loves Raymond. LOL
Thank you Sir!
ottawa canada thoes are not worth fixing..the rust is so deep nothing can
be loosened.. its off to the junkyard
Thanks for the video. Did you have to unbolt the rear shocks first, or did
you jack the rear axle up/down with the shocks attached?
Good video. Was the new shackle any thicker than the old? There’s no excuse
why such a new vehicle has its shackle rusted out so soon IMO.
I did not have to touch the shocks.
@Avinash1943 The leaf is made from spring steel and is pretty tough.
great video as always there richpin
its worse when the brackets rust out
@gratefuldead42022 Hard to say the one on the left was gone and the right
is rusted.
@jtman04401 No it’s everyone loves richpin
@mts0628 They are $42. ea. from the dealer.
@gratefuldead42022 Well if you live anywhere where they spray Calcium and
salt on the roads in the winter you would see vehicles 4 or 5 years old
rotted out. It sucks but it is what it is.
I have a 1986 gmc s15. What would be the result if I was to weld my shackle
solid to the frame so it didn’t pivot. Would it work for lift or would it
put too much pressure on the spring
Sometimes work done on one make can be applied to another which is helpful.
Right on. video saved me 500 bux. Thanks very much for taking the time to
put this up. Only complaint was need a bit more light. At the start hard to
see where you were saying to put the jack stands.But great teacher again
thanks.
salt. i hate it. kills all our cars
nice
this video was a big help in how to raise the car as to release the
pressure on the springs and it worked thank you. mines was a 1997 ford
explorer
I just put a 3″ lift on my 2003 Dodge Dakota and you are not kidding. The
rust is horrible. Thanks for the vid, I’m online ordering replacements.
Maybe an exhaust soon as well.