I have a little more time to work on the truck this week, my Mother in law tested positive so I'm in quarantine. With that going on I'm fine.

I worked on the rear shock mounts, needed to move the lower position on the traction bars. The traction bars are are designed to be used on a S10, those are fore and aft , the 59 is in board. I cut the old one off and fabbed up another bracket. Cleaned it up and weld it on, I'll do a little more paint work and finish it up.

Looking at shock lengths and end mounting specs, the travel and overall length is a lot shorter than stock.
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Original Traction Bar Mount
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Fabbed Mount
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Welded Up

Last edited by TUTS 59; 08/15/2021 10:11 PM.
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