Bent shock?

[feerocknok]

I don't feel like putting this in tech.

 

How do I know if a shock is bent without pulling it from the truck?

 

Basically, I lost all of my suspension travel on my driverside rear corner and most of it from my passengerside, and I think I just bent the shock, but don't have time to pull it for a few days. It's super stiff on that corner for the 1.5" of travel that is there.

 

I know my mount is at a bad angle for the shock but would over extending or compressing the shock bend it?

[87manche]

sure can, overcompressing it would cause that damage.

 

only way to really check is to extend it all the way and put a straight edge to it.

[DirtyComanche]

You can do all the obvious visual checks first. Like, does the shaft that is visisble look straight in relation to the body? Is the seal at the top leaking, or showing an signs of having leaked? Is there any dents in the body?

 

 

Normally they don't seize, they just kinda become zero rate. At least, that's what I found.

[feerocknok]

Yeah, this one's almost seized. What do you mean by zero rate? Just pressureless?

I was worried about the effects of overcompressing when I decided to use my frame as a bumpstop...

 

Dang, shocks are $ too.

[DirtyComanche]

Zero rate - takes no force to extend/compress them.

 

 

I have two that you can push in/pull out with just your little pinky fingers.

[feerocknok]

I pulled it. It's bent right under where the truck sits with no load, so I had lost down travel, and the shock has a Bunch of dead spots in it, so it needed to go anyways, but didn't become zero rate.

Thanks for the help!