I have now fitted the shackles from Lez and cranked up the torsion bars while waiting for the ball joint spacers.This is what i did.
Fitting Shackles
1/Lube up nuts and bolts in advance
2/Undo the nuts for the rear leaf shackle.
3/Jack the rear of the truck to allow suspension to drop and put on axel stands.
4/Put jack under rear end of leaf spring and jack up to release pressure on the shackle.
5/Knock the old shackle out
6/Fit new bushes if required to spring and mounting point.
7/Fit shackle to mounting point and just leave the nut loose.
8/I used a bottle jack between the leaf and chasis to push the spring down to fit the shackle to desired position.
9/Fit bolt and remove bottle jack and tighten up both nuts.
10/Repeat above for opposite side.

Torsion bar adjustment
1/Lubricate adjustors in advance.
2/Make sure vehicle is on level ground and measure the gap from centre of hub and under side of wheel arch and then jack up the front end so both wheels are off the ground
3/Undo the locking nut on the bolt first
4/Mark the adjuster bolt and cross member so you can tell how many turns of the adjuster bolt has been turned,have a 17mm spanner on the adjuster nut so it can be locked in place when turning the bolt.
5/I just adjusted mine quite a few turns on both sides
6/Once adjusted do the locking nut up tight again
7/Lower the truck and measure the gap from the centre of hub and the underside of the wheel arch.
8/Take truck for a spin and then park up on level ground and re-measure the gaps again.If un-even then repeat the above untill both sides are even.
9/Once even fit bigger tyres and go and enjoy the truck

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Lookin good Stormy...

Cheers Woody.Hopefully i'll have the new tyres fitted next weekend if i ain't working

How difficult was the job in the end stormy..?

It was easy Lez.I did the shackles and adjusted torsion bars with in a couple of hours
The bodylift was the pain in the backside but now i know what to do it will be easier if i have to do it again

Good work Stormy

Rich did u take a before and after measurement of the height increase from fitting the shackles?

Thanks mate
One thing i haven't done yet and that's the extended brake lines.There is still some slack in the standard hoses but once i got more time i will get the brake lines changed.I will need at some point to get new shocks aswell but they will need to wait till i can afford them now

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Rich did u take a before and after measurement of the height increase from fitting the shackles?

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Buggar i was going to but completely forgot about it GB.
I was going to fit the new upper bushes aswell but i need to get new spring bushes at some point and do them all together so what i will do when i take the shackle off i'll put the old one on again to get the measurement

No worries mate

Nice job you've done there Rich

when I put new bushes on mine I had to "spread" the shacklez a bit to get them in(taking most of the paint off in the process) . It took a bit of fettling but this is what mine look like now

Cheers Kurt.I should of got the spring bushes the same time as the top bushes but he ho.
I haven't dug out the spacers yet for you but i will sort them asap for you

Looking good stormy, you will need some big rubber to fill those arches now......

Cheers Joe.I got the rubber here to go on but can't get it fitted now till next weekend unless i can get away from work early one day

What size and what tyres did you go for in the end? You keeping the standard alloys?

I have bought the 285x75x16 (equivelent to 33's) GG AT's.I will keep them on the standard alloy for time being

Smart

I'll post some pics when i got them fitted

Should have the new tyres fitted tomorrow as long as i don't get called into work

Thanks
Damn this site is addictive and bad for the back pocket LOL
With the lift kits I will also replace the brake hoses with S/S ones
Once I get the mods done will be time to get the bodywork fettled.

What you planning for the body work Ferryman?

Probably just a decent paint job, maybe get it painted to match my Harley which is blue/black with airbrush work
The jury is out at present