Shock cought on coil

[gqroo]

Gday all
just a query has any one ever got a rear shock cought on a coil when extended, as u know the shock sits very close to the spring, especially if their large bore shocks the stone guard got cought on coil and bent it in onto main tube, hope u can understand wat i mean any help appreciated cheers Lou. mav xgs shocks

[toughnut]

Time I've heard of this is when people have adjustable control arms and they are adjusted incorrectly.

[gqroo]

Yea that could b it I fiddled with it last week.

[toughnut]

I was talking to a mate today and he also told me that he kept braking rear shocks (tough dogs) because his "A" frame was 1/2 inch too long and it was bending the shock at full length. I didn't realise until today just how little you have to change geometry to cause problems like this. Kinda makes you appreciate why caster on the front diff is so important.

[gqroo]

Yea i found that out the hard way to

[GQ4.8coilcab]

I extended my top control arms to get a better pinion angle and and i did it 5mm too much, it hit the spring and bump stop bracket down bottom on full artculation. I made new ones now and it is much better, dinted the shock though

[gqroo]

Do u have to extend upper and lower or only upper?

[toughnut]

If you extend the uppers you need to extend the lower arms unless you change the shock/spring mounts to match.

[4Speed]

are the shocks spaced out on the diff???

[gqroo]

No the shocks aren't spaced out. What is required to do this?

[toughnut]

You get a thick washer with some long travel shocks. Otherwise you can just use a couple of washers to pack out the shocks (put the washers on the mount before the shock)

[gqroo]

Yer thought it might work like dat

[dwaynes]

interesting i had this problem with the original drum brake rear end on mine. I fixed by spacing out the shock and cutting away some of the bump stop plate.

But now i have a disc rear straight swap and i didn't need to space or cut and it now doesn't look like hitting.

[superzuki]

i had the same problem with my tough dogs on the rear they were spaced out as far as they could be but still squashed both rock covers and had marks all over them from spring slap i have 36in pro comps now and they dont touch much i just think the big bores are to big there good for out back travel but there is no need for them on hardcore work

[blackmav8]

had the same problem with my swb with efs shocks. just spaced them out a bit and replaced upper rock cover with rubber boots. no worries since

[skippy's GQ]

easiest fix is dont lift them,(barahahahahaha YEAH RIGHT)

Cut the bump stops back and reposition the lower shockie mounts, or fab some new ones, easy done

SKIPPY

[toughnut]

It's real easy to cut and shut your lower shock mounts. I did it with mine and I had no experience. If you have a look at them from behind, you'll see that there is a square plate that the rod comes out of. Cut the mounts at the top of that plate make the cut parallel with the ground. Now turn the cut off bit upside down and swap it with the cut off bit from the other side. Now weld it on the front of the part of the mount that is left rather hang it underneath again. This lifts the mount up out of the way of rocks and also places the shock out a little bit more so you don't have to cut anything. You should be able to weld it straigh on without too much grinding and bashing

[gqroo]

Thanks for input, guess il be pulling the CIG out hope its true wat they say[inch of weld holds a tonne] i make good bird sh?!: