What should have been a 30 minute job turned into more. The new shackles are nothing like the originals. Where the there are nuts on each pin the new ones have none, just a center bolt through the shackle to hold things together. The pins are meant to wedge into the shackle, the holes pre-drilled are to small. We put the first one together and found about a 1/8 inch gap on either side of the rubber. This after running them up to the point of bending one shackle.
Water and dirt could enter, while grease could get out. So we took everything apart and re-drilled the shackles. Now everything works. But I can't recommend buying your shackles from LMC.
The new shackles
Modified and installed
