Gauntlet
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Well, "re-shocking".
Several days ago I was driving home, hit a patched spot in the road (I was familiar with, no holes in it to worry about), all the sudden I heard a bang, and my truck jumped. Fortunately I was only a couple miles from home, in the event it was something "serious", and from what I'd just felt, it wasn't good
As I slowed, I could hear something scraping, or dragging, it slowed as I slowed. I thought maybe something in a rear brake had let loose, but truck stopped fine.
I get out, and do a walk-around, and spot the problem on the right rear of the truck. Shocks on my truck are staggered, left rear top of shock attaches to frame aft of rear axle, whereas the right rear top of shock bolts forward of rear axle.
What had happened was the upper shock mount on the frame had simply rotted away where the shock attaches to it. When it let-loose, the top of the shock dropped to the road, caught and lifted the rear of the truck enough to let the shock flop to the rear side of the axle....enough to make one pucker.
So I got home, removed the shock, and ordered new shocks and the correct upper mount from RockAuto. Today I had the joy of installing them. Took me about 2 hours, naturally the worst part being removing the old mount, but with an angle grinder and cut-off wheels, sawzall, and trusty hammer and chisels. mission accomplished.
Fortunately it was a fair bit cooler today, plus I got an early start. I wasn't thinking or I'd have ordered front shocks while I was at it, bit those can wait. I don't quite enjoy working on vehicles, like I used to.
Several days ago I was driving home, hit a patched spot in the road (I was familiar with, no holes in it to worry about), all the sudden I heard a bang, and my truck jumped. Fortunately I was only a couple miles from home, in the event it was something "serious", and from what I'd just felt, it wasn't good
As I slowed, I could hear something scraping, or dragging, it slowed as I slowed. I thought maybe something in a rear brake had let loose, but truck stopped fine.
I get out, and do a walk-around, and spot the problem on the right rear of the truck. Shocks on my truck are staggered, left rear top of shock attaches to frame aft of rear axle, whereas the right rear top of shock bolts forward of rear axle.
What had happened was the upper shock mount on the frame had simply rotted away where the shock attaches to it. When it let-loose, the top of the shock dropped to the road, caught and lifted the rear of the truck enough to let the shock flop to the rear side of the axle....enough to make one pucker.
So I got home, removed the shock, and ordered new shocks and the correct upper mount from RockAuto. Today I had the joy of installing them. Took me about 2 hours, naturally the worst part being removing the old mount, but with an angle grinder and cut-off wheels, sawzall, and trusty hammer and chisels. mission accomplished.
Fortunately it was a fair bit cooler today, plus I got an early start. I wasn't thinking or I'd have ordered front shocks while I was at it, bit those can wait. I don't quite enjoy working on vehicles, like I used to.