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Hightower:
As per other thread, am starting with the rebuild from bottom up.

Both sets of springs that I have are FUBAR so need replacing.

Looking at Paddocks, there are road springs and paras.  To go with them are standard, HD, gas and extra long shocks.  I was thinking about going with paras, but then which shocks are best suited with these?  Or should I just stick with the std springs?

Currently one of the trucks has extended shackles which makes the it sit very well on the 750's.  Could I use these with paras, or do I run the risk of wrecking them?

Any pointers would be greatly received . . . . .

Little-Green-Machine:
i waited untill rocky mountain had paras in stock again, well worth it very comfortable, when i first ran the paras i had inch lift shackles and got a hell of a lot of vibration from the front prop,

 removed the longer shackles and fitted spring castor correction wedges, which angles the prop back to normal ,the paras will give you a lift anyway so depends on how high you want it to be,

 i plan to use the shackles again once i have free wheeling hubs, but just on the front as i have a truck cab and the rear sits at the same hight (more or less) with or without the shackles as there is no weight in there. but paras are definatly the way to go.


hope this helps, Reece

Hightower:
Thanks for this Reece.

So if I go with paras, would you suggest the extra length shocks as well?  Or can you just stick with a stock version?

Little-Green-Machine:
I have the stock shocks as i have not got around to buying the extra length ones yet (other things have broken :roll:) i put standard rear shocks on the front , as the rears are longer than the front its a cheap way of gaining that extra length, the standard rears are not long enough (i find) with paras, for instance two clicks on the highlift and that is all the travel gone and the wheels leave the ground.

so i would put standard rears on the front and extra length Pro Comps on the rear.

also if you still have check straps lower them or better still take them off. also if you do use military shackles with the paras lower the bumstops, as the extra hight means the springs are pushed further during articulation and have a tendancy to go saggy.

Reece

Henry Webster:
Personally I would want to upgrade shocks if I was using parabolics, they will need to work quite alot harder than standard.  Gas makes sense.  Pro-comps, Monroes, Konis or the like.

Careful that you don't use the shock instead of a check strap, this in my opinion is why lots of people claim to have broken Procomps.  Shocks are nt designed to top out or bottom out and both cases will damage them, potentially fatally!

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