The ones on our 1948 Chevy Truck, 3100 series, are uneconomical to repair. I’ve been able to get one of the rear ones to move, we used rust removers, BP Blaster, and heat to get it free and used hydraulic jack oil. However on three of them we’ve not been able to free the piston / spring assembly. We used the same process as for the one we got to work. Apple Hydraulics could maybe repair them and that $185 each + $70 or so for replacement housing and they presently don’t have any. Any ideas?
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum "I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O"
A-1 Shock Absorber Company OEM and custom shock absorbers, USA made coil springs and leaf springs, steering dampers for all makes and models. 365 Warren Av. unit #101 and 109 Rebuild service for original hydraulic and lever action shocks. Rebuild service for steering gears and Silverthorne, CO. 80498 power steering pumps 800-344-1966 or 970-513-8283 http://www.shocks2springs.com/
10 year warranty on rebuilt lever action shocks.
Last edited by Otto Skorzeny; 12/22/20224:30 AM.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy) 1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1956 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood (The Godfather) | 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (The Purple Knif) | 1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe | 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Private Message PM You can do this after you have logged enough conversation to not be "moderated". Post a couple more times
Last edited by 37 GC; 12/24/202210:45 PM.
Larry Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY. If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
...... just my 2 cents worth here..... if you're not fanatical about originanity, then discard the knee action shocks and buy a tube type shock conversion kit from any of the after market suppliers. I have done this and the ride quality is 100% better. The conversion is really easy to do and they just work waaayyy better.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
Well Bolters I must say that after lots of fit, remove, drill and fit, I've been able to install gas strut (shock kit) kit from Chev's of the 40's on our 1948 3100 Chevy Truck.
The kit, as you may know, doesn't have instructions, it's up to you the installer to do plenty of research that will enable you complete the installation. After viewing many unrelated YouTube videos and comparing where to locate the fitting that are welded to the frame.
I didn't weld the supports to the frame, I bolted the supports to the frame. The parts that go on the leaf spring was the easy part. Finding the angles at which the rear supports on the frame go that's the hard part. Locally the location of the front shock upper supports are relatively easy to locate and drill the holes. The rear supports was the toughest. Specifically the issue that their location requires that these be installed in the section of the frame that is concave and requires you to locally manufacture shims that to allow the support (fitting) to sit in such a way that it doesn't affect the linear relation of the shock shaft/body to the leaf spring fitting.
Fortunately I was also able to look at a 1949-1951 3100 and compare support locations as well as Deve TechNet. On Deve's site he posted some pictures were he used a measuring tape laid on top of the frame rail and it laid between the fixed point (hole) on the rail and his 1954 3100 trucks frame rail.
I installed the supports using Class 8, ⅜" inch, bolt about 3/4" long, washers, lock washer and nuts. One caution for the front is that you must check that the steering drag link on the drivers side doesn't contact the shock, we have about 1/2 to ¾" gap.
Well that's as much as I can provide. I did take lots of pictures, if someone is interested I can see how i can provide them. We have not yet road tested the truck but by jumping on its bumper supports we are pretty well assured that they will perform well.
Last edited by TexasA&M48Truck; 07/23/20242:17 PM.
Hey Texas A&M48Truck ! Thanks for adding the photos you took. Pics are worth a thousand words!!
Last edited by Peggy M; 07/23/20244:42 PM. Reason: update
Ron - - Dusty53 1954 Chevy 3604 In the Gallery Forum "You can't dance with the Devil and then wonder why you're still in Hell." "They will forget what you've said, and they will forget what you have done but they will never forget the way you made them feel."
