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If any of you out there wonder if we at JeepBrokers actually wheel or not you don’t have to look further than our project section and the product review page to know that we most definitely do. When living the wheeling lifestyle, things will break and when they do we try to showcase as many of the repairs or new products that we upgrade our own equipment with to show what works, how it goes together, and in many cases, our reviews of the product afterwards. This project is no exception, while out playing around in the rocks of northern Arizona I managed to rip the shackle to frame mounts off of my frame. I managed to get my Jeep back home and decided now would be a great time to do a shackle reversal kit. I have 36” tires on this YJ and it still handles and steers great on the road but since I have the task of fixing what I just broke I might as well go ahead and fix it with an improvement.

I have decided to go with a BDS shackle reversal kit to fix the breakage, in doing so it will help me with bump steer issues when traveling at higher speeds on the roads. This kit comes complete with all mounting hardware as well as installation instructions and everything needed to complete the job.

Now BDS provides detailed instructions and this write up will be an overview and install per my installation. Adhere to all warnings (pre and post install) and instructions provided with the kit. I will be quoting their install sheet in some areas but I will also be giving my two cents in other areas, but again, please go by and refer to all provided instructions and warnings from whichever manufacturers product you decide to go with.

Since I don’t have any shop space to work with at the moment this job is going to be done outside and on a trailer so I have a level platform to work on. You want to make sure the vehicle is secure and will not be moving around on you while you have this much of the front end torn apart. And as luck would have it as soon as I get started the clouds and rain begin to move in (it never fails sometimes).

Park the vehicle on a clean, hard, flat surface and block the rear wheels. (Again, I had to use a trailer to have this).
Raise the front of the vehicle and support it with jack stands under the frame, behind the front spring pivot bracket. (As tall as my Jeep is I had to put blocks under the jack stands to allow them to adjust high enough to get the job done).
Remove the front wheels and tires.
Remove the shock to axle bolts. I like to put bolts back in the spot I removed them from to help with relocating the right bolt to the location it came out of.