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When I bought the truck, the rear end sat pretty high and I
like that because it meant I could put a hitch on the back of the truck but not drag it
when entering my stupidly-steep driveway approach. However, as I added weight in the back
of the truck and as the rear spring pack settled, the rear lost several inches of height.
I could have taken it to the dealer and tried to get something done about it but I
installed a set of aftermarket shackles instead. They are made by Daystar and install at
the rear end of the leaf springs. You can see them here in this pic, they are the clean
gold "things" visible above the mud flap.

The install was pretty easy. I had all the right tools
except one. I guess I don't have one because I don't know what it is. My only trouble was
when I was ready to hook up the new shackles, the truck was sitting too low since the new
shackles were 2" longer. I couldn't raise the truck any higher and I wasn't able to
pull the springs down far enough to get the shackle holes lines up with the spring eyelet.
As you can see in the pic below, I decided to use the OEM jack to push the spring down
that 2". It worked like a charm.
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