Hi Ron - not heard of G shackles so will have to have a look to see how they work.
As all 101 owners know - downhill is a worry and I guess will always be so - I dread it with a vengeance. However the same issue tends to apply with all forward control 4x4 vehicles - certainly the same with my haflinger (coils all round), 4x4 Pinzgauers, the Mitsubishi bus in your other thread vids.
Softer springs in the rear will help but not necessarily solve the issue. I have seen vids of 101s in the UK that have been converted to coil suspension and they still have the problem.
While transit springs and G shakles will probably help, driver knowledge and experience of the 101 traits are the best options given limited suspension options. There only few of us who actually fully offroad the 101 so we have a few tricks up our sleeve but a roll over is always in back of my mind. It has been a while since I did Monkey Gum and even without a CDL the 101 did it no issues but that was going up - when I got to the top I thought to myself that I would not like to be doing it the other way - down hill with a few of those drop offs - hmm interesting.
Irrespective of all that - anything that can increase wheel travel on the back of a 101 has got to be a good thing.
Garry
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