any revolver shackle users?

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hey guys, quick question. a few weeks ago my brother and i installed 4" double military leaf springs and tera flex revolver shackles. after it was complete the jeep wasnt level. it was way to low in the rear. we took out the revolvers in the rear and put standard shackles. it sat level for about a week and now the front sags real bad. whats up with these things? the jeep sits lower than it did with the basic add-a-leaf setup we replaced.
 
well it depends on the lift, I had Revolvers for a bit, the problems I ran into to was my military Wrap spring would get caught on the Revolver head, and make my suspension stick. Also, the revolvers were about an inch shorter than my Boomerang shackles that I had on there.

As for your sagging, I would say the result could be the revolvers, they are different for front and rear and that may make a difference, however, being they use a z type swing out, they can allow the 4" leafs to sit flatter. A leaf lift gains its height by using longer, and more bowed springs, while still using the stock location, if the revolver allows the rear mount to swing out past its usual frame position it will allow the spring to flatten out thus loosing some of the lift.

Another thing, my military wraps would hit the frame in the rear with the revolvers, if your set up does, this can be bad. Alot of the reading I did mentioned that it can actually damage the springs to allow them to hit, and thus causing springs to flatten, soften, or even crack being they are hitting a rigid mounting point.

Now if you took the revolvers out, and now your front has sagged, double check your leaf count, BDS for example offers 2 different types, one is a 6 leaf for the front, and then the standard it the 5 leaf for the rear. But they also ask you if you have a hard top and then they will send you 2 sets of fronts, making it ride a bit harder but hold more weight. A lot of people think that the larger pack goes in the rear, but it actually goes in the front...
 
I have 4 in my 86 CJ... not problems at all... they actually gave me about 1/2 inch of lift... saging and leaning sounds like a spring problem... considering you are using all 4 revolvers..
 
like i said above, it sagged big time in the rear when we had all 4 revolvers. we put back the standard shackle in the back and it sits fine in the rear. the front is now sagging real bad, looks like a stinkbug. i told him to get rid of them. whats the point of doing a 4" lift if the revolvers take it all away. its true the military wrap do bind the revolver. we could cut off the front part of the wrap, but that defeats the purpose! i dont know.......they dont even articulate because they hit the wraps......this sucks.
 
as for the leaf packs they are labeled front and rear form skyjacker and i think the rears have that angled pad on the center.
 
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