Rear Shock Relocation

This is the drivers side mount. Notice the extension below the frame has not been trimmed yet, nor have the welds been cleaned. The tan lines on top of the frame are the polished stainless fuel lines.

Passengers side mount location. Note the bolt holes. They are where the stock exhaust hanger would be mounted. The centerpoint of the tube is approximately 8 inches behind the body mount riser.

(See this as a bigger .JPG)

This is the upper mount after the upper shock tabs have been welded on. Note the angle to the outside. This is intentional as I wished for more dampening than a straight vertical mount would have allowed. If you check out Coby's pics you will notice that his are vertical and mount nearer the center of the axle. Coby's method allows for more articulation, but less dampening... it is a matter of preference and application.

(See left pic as a bigger .JPG) (See right pic as bigger .JPG)

This is the passengers side shock mounted. As stated above the angle is intentional. The placement of the upper and lower mounts are variable for depending on your intended use. The only real important point to remember in placement of your shocks is that they must have more piston showing than you have space between the axle tube and the bump stops (the shock forms the hypotenuse of the right triangle, therefore it must be longer than both the other sides). If not you will have the shock bottoming out before the bump stops hit and will destroy the shocks and possibly bend the pipe in the upper mount. Since mine has 6.5 inches between the bump stop and the housing, I extended the shocks 8 inches and welded them there... NOTE: my measurements were based on the fact that I had a bare tub on the frame... your measurements WILL differ. This position I have them in will allow me to run stock rear shocks until I put in a lift, then I just order the shock for the lift I have based on a "stock" placement... no guesswork involved. As you can tell the lower mount in this photo is only tacked on to allow for accurate measurements. Also note the stock mount in the rear of the axle... the relocation will place the shock entirely above the bottom of the axle, potentially adding some ground clearance.

This is a view of the mount from the frame side. The clearance needed for this mod is available on all EB's with no body lift and new body bushings installed. This photo was taken with a 1" body lift.

These are the 2 main pieces of the kit, along with the 8 shock tabs. I will get measurements of them up as soon as I can. I am told they can be ordered from Art Morrison or any other chassis builder/builder supply house at a reasonable cost.

The upper mount welds to the cross mount at 3 inches in from the frame. The lower mount welds on at 2 inches from the inside U-bolt (these measurements are for the outside tab).

Tack weld the mounts in place using a shock to maintain placement of the tabs. Then remove the shock and place the steel sleeves (taken from the shock eye) between the tabs and weld the tabs completely. Repeat for the upper and lower on both sides and voila, relocated rear shocks.

BACK