98Smoker

Today i crawled underneath my truck for the heck of it. I started looking at the Kelderman air ride and i got very confused to say the least. If i were to put longer shackles on, would it lift it or lower it? sounds like a dumb question but if i had a picture it would be easier to explain. The leaf spring is above the shackle and the shackle is sitting above the bracket for the air ride. If anyone has a picture of the kelderman setup it would be much appreciated if you could post it on here.

u.s mma

well, I think it partially depends on the arch of the spring. Longer shackles will allow you to clear the cross bar with a more arched spring, so you might lose a little with the taller shackle, but the lift spring would make up for it. With a stocker spring, I guess you would lose height. To get height a shackle flip would be needed.

98Smoker

Ok now for my next question, can you do a flip shackle with the kelderman?

u.s mma

If you have some fab skills, sure. What are you wanting to do?

98Smoker

I just want to get a couple extra inches of lift. What would happen if i flipped the shackles that are on there now and basically ran the kelderman setup upside down?

u.s mma

They wont flip straight down I think, you would have to build what is on top, on the bottom. Just build a mount for the shackle on the bottom, and flip it. You would net more than a couple inches though.

98Smoker

If i fabbed up some shorter shackles that would help to limit the increase of lift, but i know its still going to be quite a bit. any suggestions?

Trooperthorn

I don't know much about the keldel-o-fish set-up, but what about adding a 2 in block between the axle and springpack?

98Smoker

i dont want to do blocks, its already got the stocker on it.

Trooperthorn

Yeah that what I was afraid of. I did not know if the Keldelman retained the factory block. I would not want to add more block either.

98Smoker

i guess what i could do is loose the block, find a way to run the system upside down, and let some air out of the airbag. If it still sits higher then i wanted well then its time for lift springs in the front and some bigger tires