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09-09-2006 11:34 PM #1
Unusual Problem Involving Shocks
Recently, my truck began making a lound banging noise as I went over speed bumps. I pulled over and investigated to find that a shock absorber had ripped its mounting bolt through the frame rail. Has anybody ever heard of this happening before?
The shock also bent itself up pretty good:
I made a patch out of 3/16ths inch plate:
Welded it in:
And the finished repair:
There was some radial outward cracking in the frame rail after the weld, as expected when welding in such small patches. I found 3 none more than 3/4 of an inch long. I stop drilled them and welded them in.
I believe this was somewhere around 2015, Rick, Rosie and Johnboy
John Norton aka johnboy