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After one too many squirrlely corners on the drive home Friday, I decided it was finally time to do something about the rear shocks. I spent some time under the car with a measuring tape, and some time pouring through the Monroe catalog until I found the perfect candidate... a front shock for a 1981 Chevy K5 Blazer... a pair was on the shelf of my local big box, and they set me back $17 a piece.
The top of the shocks mount to the re-bound strap hole. I made a spacers from a some 3/4" thick aluminum bar stock using a hole saw (I had both lying around). I also had to use a longer bolt, but I had some of those lying around, too. I used pieces of fuel hose as shims in the upper shock mounts—a perfect fit! The shocks come with mounting hardware for the lower mounts. I removed the lower spring plates, drilled the hole that the stock shock link mounts to out to 5/8" and flipped the left and right sides (so that the mounting hole is lower). The whole job took about 3 hours.
Squirrlely rear end- fixed
Annoying vibration at 3500 rpm in 4th- fixed
Clanking noise when going over bumps- fixed
Of course, my kidneys are gonna have to get used to the ride. The back end is now TIGHT. I like it that way, but I do really feel the bumps in my guts.
The top of the shocks mount to the re-bound strap hole. I made a spacers from a some 3/4" thick aluminum bar stock using a hole saw (I had both lying around). I also had to use a longer bolt, but I had some of those lying around, too. I used pieces of fuel hose as shims in the upper shock mounts—a perfect fit! The shocks come with mounting hardware for the lower mounts. I removed the lower spring plates, drilled the hole that the stock shock link mounts to out to 5/8" and flipped the left and right sides (so that the mounting hole is lower). The whole job took about 3 hours.
Squirrlely rear end- fixed
Annoying vibration at 3500 rpm in 4th- fixed
Clanking noise when going over bumps- fixed
Of course, my kidneys are gonna have to get used to the ride. The back end is now TIGHT. I like it that way, but I do really feel the bumps in my guts.
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