Alright.....I had a pair of these a year ago (exactly), but then I never put them on and ended up selling them....I forgot who I sold them to though.

I'm talking about the ones on ebay obviously.....but who's using them and do you have pictures of them installed???

I'm definitely buying another pair, but wanna see how they look out of curiousity. I think Frenchy has them.....so post up, please!

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2005 DAKOTA QUAD SLT V-8 -- SOLD

I have them... look in my cardomain link for pics.

http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/2284340/2

Third pic down. I really wish I had the before and after pics... but my stupid hard drive crashed, and I lost like something around the lines of 400 - 500 pictures I had of my truck and the work I've done to it.

Just make sure to get em greased when they go on, I never got mine greased, and they are some squeeeeky SOB's

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Thanks for the late reply.....

I was fishing thru 25 pages of threads (all the way back to July of last year) looking for threads about the shackles and found your old thread

But I was also looking for a thread about the stock radio (wiring diagram/colors)

Found them both



Anyone else have pics?

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2005 DAKOTA QUAD SLT V-8 -- SOLD

Oh....and what do you have to grease???

The inside where the bolt goes thru?

Or the outside of the poly bushing that contacts the factory hanger?

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2005 DAKOTA QUAD SLT V-8 -- SOLD

i have the springtech lowering shakles on my 05, simple install. just remeber the top bolt is a 55 mm torques. thats the star looking type wrench. and some kits dont have instructions. i remember how i did mine if you need instructions i can email you them

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thats right i did it ,so what, cry two tears in a bucket, phuck it, lets take it to the stage

13.7 / 101.3 in the 1/4 mile

I don't know what you have to grease, mine still aren't. I just remember saying someone said they greased their's.. I think it was.. iluvmydak .. I think..

If it were me, however, I'd grease the whole thing, just drop it in a can of Crisco or something. Just kidding. ;-)

I would start off by greasing where the bolt goes through to be perfectly honest.

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I bought a set of Springtech on eBay from some guy in Uncasville CT. I haven't stuck them on yet. Plan on doing it in the next couple of months along with some new tires. My instruction sheetdoesn't mention greasing anything. I think if you're installing polyurethane bushings you're suppose to grease to stop them from squeaking buton my shackles the bushings are already pressed on so I guess they prelubed them.

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05 Dakota ST CC, 4.7,5spd Auto,Mineral Gray
K&N CAI
JBA Stainless Headers
Modified Factory Exhaust
Extang Saber Tonneau

Yeah "Springtech"/Ebay special is the only maker of these shackles

Yeah like I said...I had a pair of these last year but just never got to put them on. There weren't instructions included but it looked very straight forward.

Should just put the rear on jackstands, put a jack under the differential, jack it up a little & undo the factory shackles, lower the diff. a little, slide the new shackles in and then jack it up and tighten them down. Or something like that, right???

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2005 DAKOTA QUAD SLT V-8 -- SOLD

The shackles already come with the bushings installed, but Frenchy was saying to lube them up....like where the bolt goes through the shackle and probably on the outside (between the factory hanger & the new aftermarket shackle's bushing)....it's not gonna hurt to do it

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2005 DAKOTA QUAD SLT V-8 -- SOLD

All's I know is when I hit a bump, it's squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeky. And annoying.

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