Lifted front 2 1/2''. Now shocks are too short.

[Jeff H]

I spent the day installing the Daystar leveling kit. Then I had too take them off. The shock is really streched out. I test drove it and the shock did strech to its fullest. Could feel a little jolt from the shocks on slight rough sureface.

Is there some way too lengthen the mounting rod on the shock?

Or are there any shorter shock towers out there?

 

[sewman]

I haven't measured the height of the towers but they look like a couple of inches,make a replacement bracket for the top out of 1/4" flat stock,If you can't make I have a shop that can.

Bob

 

[SS]

No good options

I had the same trouble. The shock towers are about 5" so flat plate makes it too short. I spent a lot of time in the junkyard looking for similar shock towers around 2-3 inches with no luck. I also searched for shock stud extensions and found nothing (I wasn't sure I liked this idea anyway. )



I ended up taking off my stock shock mounts, heating up each leg on the tower with a torch, and putting a 90 degree bend in them about halfway up. Then I redrilled the mounting holes, cut off the excess, and painted them. The dimensions are not all that critical - the shock is rubber mounted. It's a one-way operation, so if you want to go back to stock you'll have to buy new parts.



If I would have spent my time working overtime instead of all of the searching I could have afforded to do it right and just bought longer aftermarket shocks. This may be the best (not cheapest) option.

 

[sewman]

How about a flat plate with a cutout hole in the middle for a large enough piece of pipe for the shock then weld a flat on top of the pipe for the shock bolt?

Bob

 

[sewman]

I just remembered that years ago J. C. Whitney used to sell shock extender bolts you night check w/them

Bob

 

[Diesel Freak]

gee, the obvious fix here would be to get longer shocks? hmmm that is what I did. Cant remember the rancho part number

 

[KatDiesel]

Did the person you bought the kit from not tell you you would need longer shocks? You'll have to replace the shocks with some longer ones.

 

[pcorssmit]

Yeah, I just bought longer shocks when I did mine.



Pete

 

[SS]

Don't believe everything you read

As a matter of fact, the Tuff Country kit specifically says that stock shocks will be long enough. What do they know? I'm not sure what the Daystar kit says, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's something similar.

 

[Jeff H]

Working on a solution

New shocks are out of the question. They are new. I'm not gonna waste any more money on pre mo shocks.

I've got a few ideas right now and will check into them. I'll let ya know what I do.

I like having the truck sitting close too level. Only 3/4'' difference between front to back.

Oh one other thing I did have to use a spring compresor. The axle did not drop far enough to even get the stock crap out.