Pulled the whole front clip to access some dubious welding at the front of the truck,one of my front shock upper mounts had come adrift from the chassis after encountering a pothole.
It turns out the front shocks were 'topping out' i.e. over-extending.
This also allowed a full health check of other much more important and structural welds i.e. crossmember,boxing plates etc.

If it hadn't been for the welding the shocks would have burst so a lesser of two evils! I think?

I removed 1 and a half inches from the top mounts effectively increasing suspension drop when unloaded and preventing the shocks from reaching full extension resulting in a very much smoother drive.

I'm getting there!

Last edited by cletis; 09/20/2015 8:51 AM. Reason: language
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
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I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
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