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GQ rear shock mounts, WTF?

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:37 pm
by Renton
just fit my new rear springs, went to re attach the shocks to the lower mounts. drivers side went on ok, but tried to put the passenger side one on and it was hitting the brake caliper. so stood back and had a look and the passenger side mount is welded closer to the outside of the axel housing.

can anyone else please confirm if it is supposed to be like that, if so why? where its sitting atm i can't get the left shock on. i don't know how i got it one before :(

you can see the difference between the 2 pics. look at the shook mount compared to the bump stop perch above it and how close it is to the caliper...

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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:43 pm
by turbo gu
all are like that

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:08 pm
by ozy1
ive never had a prob fitting shocks, and they range from rancho's, the the big bore tough dogs,

like turbo GU saud, they are all like that, i think its for panhard clearance

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:14 pm
by turbo gu
also how many washers have you got on the shock mount? The big bore tough dogs only need 4/5mm spacers and those shocks look pretty small compared to the tough dogs.
You might need to remove a few and try again

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:52 pm
by ethann
So they are ment to be like that?
I thought I bent mine haha.

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:04 pm
by Yom
looks normal but it is possible the shock mount has been attached slightly more to the LHS to where it was meant to be attached. Pretty sure these parts of the vehicle are welded by humans not robots