rear upper shock mount

**pawl** · 2nd April 2008, 12:03 PM

I'm looking to replace my rear upper shock mount mainly to lower it and looking at the rear mount at full flex, I feel there is too much pressure put on the eye of the shock as I think the pin of the mount is at the wrong angle as it points up. A while ago I stumbled on a site but can't find it again that made a shock mount that rotated the eye of the shock 90 deg so at full flex there was no sideways pressure on the shock mount or eye. Has anyone seen or know of these mounts?

**Slunnie** · 2nd April 2008, 03:43 PM

Why would you lower the mount?

UKLRO · 3rd April 2008, 07:56 AM

To achieve more suspension droop!

**rick130** · 3rd April 2008, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by UKLRO

To achieve more suspension droop!

But then you have to increase the bump stop height or you risk having the damper go metal to metal at full compression, so you gain nothing in terms of overall travel.
I know this is popular in the UK, but it's always puzzled me. IMO you'd be better using a longer travel shock and raising and re-engineering the mount to suit. (as long as the springs are an appropriate free length too )

LRA used to make a kicker (tapered shim) that went behind the OE mount to correct the angle of it, but don't know if it's still available.

**Tusker** · 3rd April 2008, 09:15 AM

Rovacraft have them I think. If you want to import them, Expedition Exchange & Scorpion Racing also do them.

I wouldn't have thought that they'd that hard to make from scratch though.

Regards
Max P

**Utemad** · 3rd April 2008, 09:46 AM

Paddocks do them too. Theirs is a plate that relocates the original whereas the ones from Rovacraft (Scorpion ones) are a complete new lowered unit.

**agrojnr** · 3rd April 2008, 10:48 AM

I have them on mine and also have 24" shocks as well and yes you do need to install extended bump stops (I get mine soon) as well you may need to extend your brake lines (if you have lift).

I have these type which you can buy from Rovercraft in Victoria

As for the bump stops and extended brake lines you can get them from Paddock spares in the UK and get them posted here.

Adam

**pawl** · 3rd April 2008, 01:15 PM

Yeah I've worked out I will only get 35mm of extra droop from lowering the mount 50mm and packing bump stop 15mm to stop the Bilsteins from being the bump stop. But at the moment the billys are going to pop they are pulled that hard when the axle drops and IMO the upward angle of the (standard)pin on the top mount is all wrong( I have seen those kickers which would help), it puts alot of pressure on the top eye. Unfortunately I don't have the funds to get new longer shocks as I spent it on the bilsteins after being told they will go with the 2" lift I got from the new dobinson springs. Me thinks I should've gone the cheaper Pro Comps, but I hadn't heard a lot about them.

**agrojnr** · 3rd April 2008, 03:57 PM

I went the procomps because they had the length that I was after and also the billies were to expensive for me

Adam

**Slunnie** · 3rd April 2008, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by rick130

But then you have to increase the bump stop height or you risk having the damper go metal to metal at full compression, so you gain nothing in terms of overall travel.
I know this is popular in the UK, but it's always puzzled me. IMO you'd be better using a longer travel shock and raising and re-engineering the mount to suit. (as long as the springs are an appropriate free length too )

LRA used to make a kicker (tapered shim) that went behind the OE mount to correct the angle of it, but don't know if it's still available.

It's some messed up engineering in my opinion and for the life of me I don't know why the poms do it either. The only value I can see is that it retains standard shocks, when really some longer shocks should be used and preferably the shock mounts raised, not lowered so that you ca make use of the full longer shock travel.

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