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dixiepc

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Looking for ideas on relocating rear shocks on a 4x4 GMT-400. Hoping to relocate both upper mounts forward of the axle. The axle end will be straight forward.
 
I ran a 1x2 between the frame rail and bed floor, welded in with tabs so my shocks look like this / \. I’ll grab a pic here in a bit
 
Something like that
 

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That’s correct, I wasn’t too concerned about dampening more concerned about binding and impact
 
Still needed some sort of damping. Shocks still work, it’s just not optimal. Good thing it ain’t a fucking race truck
 
Your posts are contradicting. You say you don't care about damping and it's not a race truck, then why do you need to change how they're mounted? What are you trying to gain?
 
It’s not that I don’t care about damping, I just didn’t care that the mounting points weren’t allowing optimal damping like a race truck or something of that nature. I changed how they were mounted because the lower mounts hung about 6” below the axle tube and the upper mounts created binding and stress on the shock in articulation. I was trying to gain clearance and less stress on the shocks by relocating.
 
BigWheel said:
It’s not that I don’t care about damping, I just didn’t care that the mounting points weren’t allowing optimal damping like a race truck or something of that nature. I changed how they were mounted because the lower mounts hung about 6” below the axle tube and the upper mounts created binding and stress on the shock in articulation. I was trying to gain clearance and less stress on the shocks by relocating.
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I get that you're not after maximum damping, but mounting them at a 45* angle kills a lot of it.
 
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