S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

I have been offered a set of air shocks out of an s10 for my 73-80 frame, my question is will they work ie. bolt in place, the truck is static dropped 4/8 with 5 leafs in pack an I need new shocks as mine are blown an I would love the fact of being able to put more air in the rear when needed for heavy loads/hauling.

The s10 is a 95 that they came out of

Thanks in advance guys! :)

Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

You would have to measure them. It is way to hard to guess at something like that with lowering involved.
That said, I am not a fan of air-shocks in the first place. The shock mounts were never designed to support the weight of the truck, much less added weight of cargo.

Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

I had him measure the "stroke" of the shock and at it's max it's aprox. 21"-22" and fully compressed is 17"

To me it sounds like it should work, is there any other measurements I shouldn't concerned with?

Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

that seems way too long.

Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

How long of shocks should I be looking for, I did try the search but didn't find it, I'll keep looking for the specs of drop shocks an try to base it off that

Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
 

S10s use different upper mounts. They use a crossbar type of setup on the top whereas the 73-87 trucks use a normal eyelet.

And your lengths sound quite long. My lowered 78 rear shocks are a good bit shorter than those numbers.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...ea3b79c2b9.jpg