Thread: broken shock

Had the same problem with mine, ended up being the bottom shock rubbers were to big. I bought them on ebay they were lovells I think, rang the supplier
he told me they had trouble with the rubbers but the manufacture had corrected this. Told him I was not happy so he sent a set of Ultima shocks out and had no trouble since.
Cheers Mick

Pretty common, age old problem snapping the top eyes off. (I'm assuming this is where yours are breaking ?)

It's a combination of the upper mount sitting at the wrong angle (have a close look at it, someone once made a taper shim kit to space it out at a better angle, don't know if they are still available ?) and most all aftermarket shockies using a much smaller eye (and therefore bush) compared to the old OE ones.

If still stock suspension and an aftermarket damper, try and only use rubber or a very soft urethane in the top bush.
Most urethane bushes are too hard so there isn't enough give at maximum droop and couple that with a top eye that is often only marginally welded to the shaft at best, so 'snap' and off it goes.

Pretty common, age old problem snapping the top eyes off. (I'm assuming this is where yours are breaking ?)

It's a combination of the upper mount sitting at the wrong angle (have a close look at it, someone once made a taper shim kit to space it out at a better angle, don't know if they are still available ?) and most all aftermarket shockies using a much smaller eye (and therefore bush) compared to the old OE ones.

If still stock suspension and an aftermarket damper, try and only use rubber or a very soft urethane in the top bush.
Most urethane bushes are too hard so there isn't enough give at maximum droop and couple that with a top eye that is often only marginally welded to the shaft at best, so 'snap' and off it goes.

any other ideas, anyone know where or if the shims are still available, how can the top mount be at the wrong angle? why doesnt the left one keep breaking, both top mounts look to be at the same angle, the rubber bushes in there dont seem to big, no problems fitting the shocks due to rubbers. how have others fixed this problem
thanks

I know this is probably a remote possibility but I broke a RH rear once on my RRC .

What I did was to add another tapered washer which came with the new shock to the inside of the shaft, as I did not notice that it already had a washer covered in crud.

The washers should also be tapered side towards the shock

Regards Philip A

The washers should also be tapered side towards the shock

is this referring to the tapered washers at the top mount of the shock?
what orientation should the bottom rubbers and cup washers be?

I havent had issues breaking the shocks, i am using Old Man Emu shocks with 2in lifted King Springs but I did have an issue with the cheap metal washers and the rubber bushes supplied with the shocks pulling over the nut and then the bushes falling off. Fixed that by using heavy steel washers and some generic rubber bushes from repco.