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Aren't drop shackles for leaf springs?
May be the wrong terminology. It’s what I’ve always called it though; it’s used to drop the location of the shock, and another to drop the location of the lower trailing arm. Pic attached of the trailing arm shackle
 

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I still have my sensors and whatnot. Did you keep the factory air shocks, or did you retrofit bags?

If you kept the factory air shocks, I'm assuming you're using a 4" drop shackle?

I do have the axle relocation brackets similar to the ones pictured.

I researched and found an aftermarket air shock with the same collapsed/extended length as the Belltech drop shocks and ran those.

They rode nice, my only complaint was if you get into a situation where there is a repetitive bounce, like when coming off of certain bridges, they were softer than I liked.
 
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Pictures as promised. This is with the axle sitting at ride height.
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Here’s the clearance on the diff cover. It’s around .200-.250
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View looking up, top of picture is forward.
 
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Good to see you tinkering KW.
Always tinkering brother! Work has just been nuts, so I haven't been posting much. I'm about to tear my front suspension apart again. I finally figured out the issue. The front coilovers' struts are too short, which is why I had to crank the spring perches up so high. I'm going back to OE spindles with the coilovers, which should resolve a lot of the issue. Hopefully it resolves the RF wheel jutting outboard, too.
 

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