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Leaving work last night, going down the ramps in the garage (off-camber stuff) I heard a pretty good 'clunck' sound coming from the back of the truck. I stopped and just looked around for obvious stuff, but couldn't find anything so I drove home like an old lady. I rolled underneith this morning and found the culprit right off the bat thanks to other posts on these forums (you guys seriously rock!)
Mine hadn't progressed as far as ostaF's - but it was close. I snapped some pictures while it was still on the truck so those who suspect they might have this problem know what they're looking for.
This is (drivers side) from the axle, looking back at the shackle:
And this is the passengers side - this one is NOT broke (yet):
Side view (once storage box from utlibed was removed):
Total job took about 2 hours. Figuring out how to get the storage box off took a while, and my custom exhaust was all kind of in the way on the passengers side.
Dealer dinged me $91 for two new shackles (pn 55220-ZR00B). The new shackles are the new style with the extra gusset plate, but the welds look like a lot of chicken crap. If I'd have had the luxury of time, I would have ordered PRG's shackes - though looking now I'm not sure how I would have gotten top bolt back in (my guess is he has you reverse them so nut side is toward the frame).
If you have an older truck (before 08.5 when they changed these shackles) - you might wanna take a peek under the truck and order up some shackles as a spring-time (haha - pun intended) project to keep from blowing a hole thru your bed..
A couple of other pics attached below too.
Mine hadn't progressed as far as ostaF's - but it was close. I snapped some pictures while it was still on the truck so those who suspect they might have this problem know what they're looking for.
This is (drivers side) from the axle, looking back at the shackle:
And this is the passengers side - this one is NOT broke (yet):
Side view (once storage box from utlibed was removed):
Total job took about 2 hours. Figuring out how to get the storage box off took a while, and my custom exhaust was all kind of in the way on the passengers side.
Dealer dinged me $91 for two new shackles (pn 55220-ZR00B). The new shackles are the new style with the extra gusset plate, but the welds look like a lot of chicken crap. If I'd have had the luxury of time, I would have ordered PRG's shackes - though looking now I'm not sure how I would have gotten top bolt back in (my guess is he has you reverse them so nut side is toward the frame).
If you have an older truck (before 08.5 when they changed these shackles) - you might wanna take a peek under the truck and order up some shackles as a spring-time (haha - pun intended) project to keep from blowing a hole thru your bed..
A couple of other pics attached below too.
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