Broken shock??

[outnumbered]

What are the chances of a shock breaking/collapsing? When I was doing the midpipe install, I had the truck jacked up on one side for a long period of time. Is it possible that having the weight on one side damaged the shock? I have noticed that after the pipe install, it sounds like something is loose under the truck when I hit a bump, but everything appears to be intact. However, the passenger rear appears to be a little lower than the other side.

 

[poppopmadman]

That is unreal...
I had my truck up and down many times.
Is it the factory one ......

 

[RatMotor]

A shock is just a piston moving through oil - it doesn't really care where it is in the stroke, and you'd hit the suspension bump stops before you could fully collapse the shock. Maybe something shifted - drop blocks or Ubolts?

 

[Silverback]

Did you re-torque all your bolts on the lowering kit after a 100 miles or so? If not, you might want to check that out.

 

[outnumbered]

That is unreal...
I had my truck up and down many times.
Is it the factory one ......

Bill, I have the X-metal shocks. Going to check those Ubolts today.

 

[v8eater]

Is the spare tire in tight?:dontknow:

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

Hey stupid! quit smoking weed when you work on the truck and post a thread!!!

I knew I shoulda come over and helped ya:dontknow:

Dork your shock ainta gonna go bad from sitting on its side, if so Roktman would have to replace his everytime he drove it

Tighten some bolts, and check our exhaust thats what you were working on , so start there.

Adn quit whining about mids making your truck run weird, its got more power! Caint ya handle it!LOLOLOLOL :burnout:

 

[Begood]

Come on Tony, don't beat around the bush, say what you mean.

Bill.

 

[FlyingLow]

Is the spare tire in tight?:dontknow:

That is what I was thinking. Also I had some noise for a while when ever I went over a speed bump. I found that the bracket that was welded to the exhaust pipe was broken. But the only time it would make noise is when I went over a speed bump and the back end shifted up and down.

Do this; Have someone rock the truck up and down while you lay underneath the back. Then you might be able to locate the sound.

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

LOLOL I do slide back once in awhile dont I?

 

[outnumbered]

Ok, got the truck in the air today, and immediately noticed that the driver side U bolts on the lowering kit were loose....I mean really loose. So I look a little closer, and I finally figured it out. Several weeks ago, while trying to get the pinion angle at exactly -3, I put a small washer in between Boomer's block and the leaf springs; it worked perfectly. But somehow the washer was able to work itself loose, therefore creating a void; which in turn made the U Bolts loose:stupid: :stupid: :stupid: !!! Soooo, I went down to NAPA and got the correct shims, tightened everything back up, and bingo, no more rattle:idea: :idea: .

V8 eater, I checked the spare tire first the other day, hoping that was the problem, but it was tight.

Tony, never thought about the Racketman scenario. See if you would have come over to help, I would have already had the nitrous, supercharger and heads on!!

 

[poppopmadman]

Silverback - good call - my lowering kit needs to be checked once in awhile also.
I might put lock washers in if it still comes loose.

If you have some weed left - Ill be over LOL

 

[outnumbered]

Yes, good call Silver. But I don't think they would have come loose if the washer would have stayed in place. Regardless, I will be checking periodically.

 

[Silverback]

Re-torqueing of bolts should cure the problem. Once they are re-torqued they should not loosen again.

The problem stems from torqueing a bolt is not a very accurate way of tightening a bolt. What is important is the elongation of the bolt, which relates back to the tensile strength. You generally want to tighten them to 80%+ of their tensile strength. Torqueing is at best a guess as you have a number of friction factors that affect the torque value.

Now why in the hell did I go into that?:dontknow: Oh well, you get the idea. I need a beer.