Let me see your shock carnage

[78Suburban]

Some people showed concern that if I ran shocks that are 18" collapsed and 30" extended in my STOCK rear shock mounts with an echobit flip, that I would chance cracking my frame around the shock mounts and doing all kinds of damage. Has anyone had this happen? I wanna see some carnage pics

 

[Chevy305]

my truck had a hairline crack in the frame at the passenger side rear shock mount. Took the truck to my welder and he patched it up real nice.

 

[Citizen Rider]

Whats the stock length of shocks?

Also, cracks at the frame point are always possible if the mount isnt always tight. I check mine every so often, but i know a few that they come loose and move all around in the hole causing cracks.

 

[draggbody]

the one on my passenger side bent up and cracked, to remedy this i would weld the bolt in first so that you dont START having problems w/ it... i remedied mine by cutting the frame in front of the leaf spring hanger and removed the body and built a truggy...

 

[78Suburban]

i remedied mine by cutting the frame in front of the leaf spring hanger and removed the body and built a truggy...

I'm afraid I don't quite have your skills I'm still deciding if I'm gonig to be brave enough to attempt to just inboard them

 

[blackblazer717]

heres what happened to mine......
its the pass, side upper
and it was cracked lengthways with the frame
LUKE

 

[78Suburban]

heres what happened to mine......
its the pass, side upper
and it was cracked lengthways with the frame
LUKE

what shock were you running? What suspension setup? What is the length of the shock compressed and extended? What were you doing when it broke?

thanks for the pic,
James