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Re: 63-72 Chevy P/U Rear Shock Mount System
Hey, even the corvette came out of the factory not square ! You should have seen mine when i got it and it had never been hit. It's not now.
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Just a side note with Robs kit you can squeeze tail pipes on the truck. Now not only does it ride good but it is quite too. The truck rear is squared to 1/16 from side to side.
and yes every pic I take comes out crooked
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I ordered mine yesterday. I dont mind paying a little more to insure I get quality parts. Thanks Rob. I will be ordering sway bars as soon as their available.
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Well stated, nothing makes me madder than people complaining about the state of the US economy as they drive around in some sort of foreign car, buying everything from china for the cheap price. I love to buy American whenever possible even if it costs a little more.
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Rob I got my relocation kit installed, great stuff. While I was under my truck admiring your parts and my labor a thought crossed my mind. I'm sure you get enough of the arm chair engineers and our ideas but here goes anyway. What would happen if you made the lower shock brackets "flipped" over to reduce scrub line issues? Most of your design work is done it would mean extending the shock mount hole out to clear the trailing arm and if it was just a little wider the part that currently hangs down would be flush up against the lower edge of the trailing arm. Let me know what you think.
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are you sure these wont work on the 60-62 frame is it where the brackets bolt to the u-bolts?
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I haven't looked into the 60-62 chassis. If you'd like to try a set, I'll give you an unconditional return option, and another 10% back after posting up the info, good or bad. As this would help out other with the 60-62,
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Hey thank you for your generous offer Rob Im running airbags with a different setup now but was just asking
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Just my armchair quarterback opinion, you will loose travel on the shock, I think that was why he chose this location and the angle of the shock would change......JMO Kieth |
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10-24-2011, 11:11 AM | #15 |
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I agree that you would lose some travel but the shocks that are supplied per Rob "the 'A' shoch measures 14" closed, and 23" open, thats nine inches of travel" would still offer far more travel than the 5" of travel that I had. I am guessing you might lose 2" of travel with an inverted mount. Again I'm just guessing and wondering, I'm not an engineer/fabricator, but unless you ask the guy that is you won't ever know.
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To answer your question "is it worthwile?" HECK YEAH!!
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This is a great upgrade.
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The Bump stops are from G.M. motorhome chassis. I'll see if we can get a part # for you.
65Gregg Thats great!! glad you feel it was worth it. Anything that makes your truck drive better will help it to be drivin more.
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Have you had a chance to find th P/N for the bumpstops yet?
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Just got my kit installed. This is a quality kit, and the difference in ride is outstanding. I don't know how it compares to the other shock relocation kits, but blows the stock mounting out of the water. Nice work Rob.
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Glad to hear it. We are always happy to hear back from the end user/driver/installer on how if fits and works.
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Re: 63-72 Chevy P/U Rear Shock Mount System
Rob, will this kit work with a rear mounted fuel tank? I'll have to get a pic later to see if you can tell if it will work with mine. I may not be able to get to the inside of the frame rail anyway.
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68 Step... I have a rear mounted tank and I got it installed. Had to twist my arm in all sorts of weird ways, but got it done. If you don't have much of a gap between the tank and the frame rails, you may need to drop the tank.
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