shock on a narrowed beam

dillon schuh · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: shock on a narrowed beam

I have a kby shock and i am trying to mount it on my bus it is a 2 inch narrowed beam the shock wont clear one of the mounting bolts
is there a trick or a shock i need to buy?

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

what kind of beam do you have? is it a narrowed stock beam? almost all aftermarket beams have the shock tower swept towards the back of the bus to give the chock more clearance.

you could try putting a spacer between the shock and the tower at the top. Or weld on tower extensions to bring the top of the shock back and out of the way.
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dillon schuh · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject:

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

thats a 4.5 inch beam.

looks like the tower need to be swept back more.
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dillon schuh · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

how do u do that

vwwomack · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

leave them off......you will love it.....anything more than 3 inch beams done really need shocks.....they ride better without them....no shit

sled · Samba Member Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179

well youd have to weld on extensions to the shock towers which brought the upper mount back. or you could always shorten the lower shock mount (cut and reweld it).

it looks like it would need to be spaced out quite a ways, but i suppose you could try and make an upper spacer, although that might cause the shock to bind and fail prematurely.
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DubStyle · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

It's not recommended to run without shocks either. Rolling Eyes

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Slowlow · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject:

Ive been driving my bus for over a year now,
4" narrowed beam NO shocks.... and unless I could find a REALLY REALLY soft shock I wouldnt even consider them up front.
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Long-roofs · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

Somewhere you can search for the answers. Basically, you need to narrow the bottom shock mounts on the trailing arms and put a spacer on the top....kinda a pain bolted in the bus.
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RINC · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

I have a 4in beam an run shocks on it. I didnt like the ride without them.

My shocks mounted up just fine also.

Slowlow · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Andrew · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

Rynos63 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:17 am Post subject:

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You need to add a spacer some thing like this for the upper shock mount...

This is a lowered bug shock that I use and have no problems with it. Nice soft ride compared to KYB's... and I didn't have to alter the trailing arm any...

Yustrn · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

That spacer normally comes WITH the shocks. I think you can buy them separatly at most 4x4 stores too.....try the SEARCH button on the CB Narrowed beam thread and I think Skim posted a picture in there.
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