That sounds familiar I caught my shackles just in time before the driver's side broke.
Yeah, i look at it like a bit of karma on myself for not taking care of it immedately. Truth be told, it is my first leaf spring vehicle, and I had no idea the fuel tank inlet was dead nuts below the leaf springs.
When i originally took it in, one shackle was held on by a c-clamp, so it's not like I, nor the dealer weren't aware of the issue. Iactually had recieved my tax return and went there to have them price out shocks for it along with the shackles, because I personally dont see the point of doing one if the other is broken. Then by a stroke of luck, my brakes started fading jsut after leaving, so I went back and dropped it off for the brake lines. I still told him I wanted the shocks taken care of, but he had to get back to me on the part prices for everything. Long story cut short, they never replaced the shackles, and literally when going to pick up dinner i heard a loud pop/ bang from the rear end and I think that's when the driver side let go and killed the tank.
Suits me right for not tackling it immediately when we found out, little did I know it would cause this headache, but man, talk about a string of bad luck. One thing after another, but im running out of parts to fix. haha. Hopefully this is the last visit for the year and i'll start patching up the panel rust and coat the frame.
