SOA Question

[Comanche Devil]

When doing a soa what do you do about the lower shock mount?

Actually what would be the easiest way of mounting the lower shock mount? Ford & GM Style I was thinking of. Any sugestions???

[Pete M]

I reused the stock mount and sandwiched it between the axle and the leaf springs. I had to trim it a bit to make it work but it works pretty good. I was able to reuse my perfectly good stock rear shocks.

[Galford]

X2

[89eliminator]

weld on shock mounts from Warrior products.

[Rokhound]

made my own from some spring perches and welded them like so (CW's looks better but you get the point)

 

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Yup. I made my own as well. I wanted a "cleaner" look than re-using the stock plates. I also wanted them up on the axle tube, out of harms way.

 

 

I bought shock mounts form the "HELP" rack at the parts store. I took square "C" stock, cut it at about 2" long. Drilled a hole centered, for the stud, mounthed the stud and put a tack weld on the nut. Took the assembly and welded that to the axle tube.

 

 

 

 

I also decided to make new upper mounts to better fit the long shocks I needed. But this isnt required for all instulations.

 

Good luck,

CW

[Duner]

I tried to utilize the stock spring plates slightly modified eventually they failed and replaced them with the 1/2" thick plates. Anyway there are a number of solutions in this tech question.

 

search this topic on the tech forum: SOA ????'s

[mjeff87]

I reused the stock plates flipped on top, and bought a set of short shocks. They work fine, but I do have a set of RE weld-on perches to put on the tubes, sometime this year...

 

Jeff

 

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I reused the stock plates and put them under the axle.

 

I was willing to give up a bit of ground clearance to run a longer travel shock than if I put them on top. Up top even with my lift I was not happy with how short of a shock it would of required.

 

[pingpong]

who needs shocks :brows:

[Rokhound]

who needs shocks :brows:

 

where the hec have you been

[Comanche Devil]

Thanks for all the replys thats great, lots of choices now

 

Comanche Devil

[DrThunder]

high clearance and about as easy as it gets, took a piece of 1" by 1/4" steel, drilled a hole in it and bolted in the shock mount and welded it to the tube

 

[Mitch]

I reused the stock plates and put them under the axle.

 

I was willing to give up a bit of ground clearance to run a longer travel shock than if I put them on top. Up top even with my lift I was not happy with how short of a shock it would of required.

 

 

please tell me the part number and manufacturer for those rear shocks! Or compressed and extended lengths.. I did the same thing and desparately need new shocks.