setting up my front suspension

hi i was getting ready to put my tube axle front suspension together and i have never done anything like this before are there any tips or tricks any one could give me to make this right ? it is a spring over drop tube axle from mas
is there a certain angle the spring shackles should be at ? or a certain angle the radius rods should be at ? should they be parallel to the frame ? this is on a 29 model a tudor sedan ,stock frame that i boxed in , any help with this would be great thanks joe:confused:

The radius rods have to be parallel with the ground. The shackles go on the rear spring hangers, I would say around 45 degrees to the back. Make sure that they are angled enough so that when you hit a big bump, the shackles won't go over center and end up being forward on the spring end. You will want to crank in about 5 to 7 degrees of caster with the springs compressed to ride height and the full weight on the car resting on the suspension....

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The radius rods have to be parallel with the ground. The shackles go on the rear spring hangers, I would say around 45 degrees to the back. Make sure that they are angled enough so that when you hit a big bump, the shackles won't go over center and end up being forward on the spring end. You will want to crank in about 5 to 7 degrees of caster with the springs compressed to ride height and the full weight on the car resting on the suspension....

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hi are the shackles angled toward the center or outward , i have a shackle on each end of my spring

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