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08-24-2022, 11:36 PM | #1 |
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Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
My 72 Balzer K5 has about 6” lift and on the front I am running a dual shock mount kit from Skyjacker… like the setup but for some reason the factory lower spring mounts
Keep breaking (2 broke in last 10 years, and currently I have one more stressed and ready to break). So 2 questions… 1. Does anyone make the factory shock mount for the axle tube? I will need a duplicate of the foxtrot to keep the dual shock kit! 2. If not a factory what else have you replaced them with? Surely I am not the only one that has had this issue… Someday I want to rebuild the entire thing top to bottom but for now 2 kids at home, dogs, wife, chickens, and more are consuming my time…
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08-24-2022, 11:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
Oh and I am not opposed to going to a single shock that is built really well and spending money on it as long as I don’t keep breaking the lower tabs off…
Anyone know about these mounting tabs from ruff stuff? They tend to have good heavy parts, but looking at the setup I will have to eliminate the dual shock set up and go to a single, but I could buy a good Resevoir shock or performance shock?
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08-25-2022, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
Moved - should not evolve into a WTB post.
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08-27-2022, 05:38 PM | #4 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
Most of the dual shock lower mounts just use the stock dual shear lower tabs with a longer bolt and a spacer between the shocks. Adding another tab to the axle on the outside of the addon shock will put both shocks in a double shear mount and make it stronger. Look at places like RuffStuff for mounting tabs to modify.
Edit: No doubt a nice single King or Fox reservoir shock could be better. May require some tuning to get it where you want though. Bummer your post got moved into this place. Re-reading the original post I can see no fishing for people to sell you parts.
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08-28-2022, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
https://www.amazon.com/Weld-Front-Lo.../dp/B072YWZD8Y
If you are breaking the mounts, a few thing would contribute. Weak mounts to begin with. Improperly welded. OR wrong shocks either topping or bottoming out. Anyways these mounts are pretty beefy--made out of 1/4 plate. I actually used a pair of these on a Toyota I'm building at the moment Last edited by kwmech; 08-28-2022 at 08:48 PM. |
08-31-2022, 02:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
Help us help you by providing some photos of your shock mounts.
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09-01-2022, 12:26 AM | #7 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
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09-06-2022, 08:38 AM | #8 |
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09-20-2022, 02:29 AM | #9 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
The lower mount breaking has to do with the additional shock. It is added on with just a spacer. The add-on outboard shock creates a twisting stress on the lower mount causing it to break. Oddly later GM did the 4x4's lower shock mounts the same way when a quad shock option was ordered. Used the Oem quad brackets on my last 72. What made me think of this thread again is I just came across the extra set of GM quad shock brackets I purchased.
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09-21-2022, 10:51 AM | #10 |
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Re: Front Lower Shock Mount Destruction
The stock mounts are more than capable of supporting a quad shock set-up if the correct shocks are installed and you're not jumping the vehicle or doing real extreme wheelin'. Got a 30 year old suburban with quads on it and there is no damage to the mounting system
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