Hey bud, no sweat on this end. Mainly just looking for
opinions and answers. If I took everyone's opinion without
question I'd be a * fool. I'll listen to them all, but
make my own mind up what I've got it all gathered up in a pile.
Don't trust me huh? Here's who I am, taint hiding it from no
one and some of it's documented right here when you have time
to look me over:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/dgrahamWhen you've been looking for a decade and tried every thing
under the sun you get kind of furstrated when people think
you're a 15 year old novices that's never had his head under
the hood.
Been messin' with and keeping my own vehicles running since I
was just a sprout, cept for the newest crop. Pop was an old
school mechanic from the 20's till after the war who taught us
mechanics early on. Big brother was a street rodder from day
one and had built many nice cars for street and strip before
we got into the midgets and spriter.
Now to say this cured all the problems and the truck rides
like a new Silverado....might be a slight exaggeration. But a
little squirt of earl does make a world of difference in the
ride. There's still this shudder or oscillation every time I
hit a bump in the road and I still think its got something to
do with the spring rate and the generic shocks that the
vendors are selling.
Next step is to try and try and fine charts some where which
list the physical dimensions and specs on shock absorbers.
Haven't had any luck at Monroe or Gabriel's sites. But I'll
keep looking. I'm willing to try a little stronger shock on
this truck to see if it dampens out that vibration/shudder.
Rock Auto does list different shocks for the rear but only
show the same one for the front of a 3100 and 3600.
I'm making a mount for my cheapo camera so I can document what
I'm trying to describe. One can write page after page and
still never get the point across, this thread is a good
example. One five minute ride on a video is worth all this
discussion plus a hundred more.
DG
