002/003 shackle problem

moparmike98 said

I recently acquired some new 002/003 springs for my 1972 Duster and when I installed them I ran into some shackle problems. When I let the car down the drivers side was borderline but the passenger side inverted into the trunk pan immediately. Tomorrow I plan to jack it back up and loosen everything then ease it back down while using a pry bar on the passenger side shackle to try and flip it. Any other ideas? How come some people need to put spacers between the shackle mount and frame but some don't? They're the same springs after all.
Car on the ground passenger side (installing new shackle tomorrow)
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@Mopar Tim is correct...

Mopar Tim said

lower the jack, then raise it while using a pry bar to force the shackle to the rear/correct location.

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I have had this happen to me with installing springs...

Jack up the back of the car and let the suspension hang free, then get a pry bar and pull the shackle rearward so it sits properly, then have someone pump the jack to put pressure on the spring while you keep the pry bar on it and pull rearward on the shackle to keep it from going forward. Once you get some pressure on the spring with the shackle pointing in the right direction, it will be fine...

No need to loosen anything, just jack up the rear and have jack stands under the frame. Then set the shackle in the proper direction and put pressure on it while prying with the pry bar... (Have a helper pump the jack up while you pull the shackle rearward)...

When you put pressure on the spring, it gets longer.... On a new set of springs, sometimes it will go upwards instead of rearward...

I encountered this with Espo springs as well and all we did is what I described and it was fine... Once you get pressure on it and get the shackle to go rearward, it will be fine as the weight of the car will keep it in the proper orientation from then on....