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Re: 71 C10 rear shock bolts breaking
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Originally Posted by Ironangel
I think the shock length may be suspect. Other than that everything looks normal to me. Have you noticed any hammering when you go over bumps or hauling loads? The only time I've seen shock bolts or even the welded eye the bolt goes through break is when the shock bottoms out.
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This would be my guess as well. Shocks are too long would be my guess as well. I just replaced a set on an ‘83 2500 crew cab and all the bolts were perfect and the shocks looked to be the original ones. My Jimmy has the original shock mount bolts and over 350,000 miles on them, so something clearly is out of whack on your truck and shock length seems most likely.
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