Events/Trails LCDC9

[Markuson]

Hey @elkeye, just pulled my driver rear BP51 shock off and found this:

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A slight bend. I was able to temporarily put my OEM shock back on. Not sure what I’ll do to fix it. Probably heat and bend it back. Tempted to just ignore and keep rolling but I do think the bend doesn’t make the bushing very happy.

Amazing you managed to bend it.
Personally, I think bending it back sounds reasonable. -Not a life and death failure point. Just a bummer.

 

[kcjaz]

Amazing you managed to bend it.
Personally, I think bending it back sounds reasonable. -Not a life and death failure point. Just a bummer.

My guess is that I bent it before I put the BB guards on. Not quite sure how to bend it back. Sure I can heat it but I don’t really want to hammer on it and bang it all up. I’m thinking maybe bore a hole on a bar and use the bar as a lever? Or maybe make a metal bushing to slide over the pin and hammer on it?

 

[elkeye]

My guess is that I bent it before I put the BB guards on. Not quite sure how to bend it back. Sure I can heat it but I don’t really want to hammer on it and bang it all up. I’m thinking maybe bore a hole on a bar and use the bar as a lever? Or maybe make a metal bushing to slide over the pin and hammer on it?

The rear shock mount, like a coupling nut, has inside threads that may get damaged when trying to bend the mount back.

One idea to bend it back was to heat the mount and bend it back using a section of pipe (with a slightly larger inside diameter than the mount) as a lever. Keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

The question is how does the shock mount get bent downward?

Could the rear shocks have too soft of compression setting and bottom out … thereby allowing the shock mount to be pushed downward?

 

[kcjaz]

The rear shock mount, like a coupling nut, has inside threads that may get damaged when trying to bend the mount back.

One idea to bend it back was to heat the mount and bend it back using a section of pipe (with a slightly larger inside diameter than the mount) as a lever. Keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

The question is how does the shock mount get bent downward?

Could the rear shocks have too soft of compression setting and bottom out … thereby allowing the shock mount to be pushed downward?

The pipe idea is what I meant by boring a hole in a bar. If the fit was snug enough, maybe it would keep the threaded hole round. Or maybe you could just thread a long bolt into the hole and use it as a lever to bend the mount back up.

As for how it got bent downward, I think I (we?) probably dragged the mount over a rock. If the shock bottomed out hard enough to bend the mount, I’d think that would have blown up the shock or bent the upper shock tower/mount.

 

[sleeoffroad]

These bent shock mounts are the reason we never made shock guards. We could not see a way to add that to the truck and not create a huge level point on the mounting stem when you hit the shock guard. I would rather deal with the bolt being damaged or worse case the shock vs. a new axle housing or trying to recreate a shock mount on the rear axle housing.

 

[kcjaz]

These bent shock mounts are the reason we never made shock guards. We could not see a way to add that to the truck and not create a huge level point on the mounting stem when you hit the shock guard. I would rather deal with the bolt being damaged or worse case the shock vs. a new axle housing or trying to recreate a shock mount on the rear axle housing.

Thanks Christo.

I've moved this topic to a separate thread and speculate there the bending could be related to the guard itself:

Rear shock mount bending

Moving this topic from the LCDC9 thread to its own thread to get better visibility. @elkeye posted his damage (shown below) and then last night I was taking my shocks off and noticed similar damage. Not sure of the cause or how best to fix it but some speculation below...

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[Markuson]

My guess is that I bent it before I put the BB guards on. Not quite sure how to bend it back. Sure I can heat it but I don’t really want to hammer on it and bang it all up. I’m thinking maybe bore a hole on a bar and use the bar as a lever? Or maybe make a metal bushing to slide over the pin and hammer on it?

These bent shock mounts are the reason we never made shock guards. We could not see a way to add that to the truck and not create a huge level point on the mounting stem when you hit the shock guard. I would rather deal with the bolt being damaged or worse case the shock vs. a new axle housing or trying to recreate a shock mount on the rear axle housing.

Hmm. This is an interesting point I hadn’t thought of.

 

[kcjaz]

Hmm. This is an interesting point I hadn’t thought of.

Go look at the other thread. I think it’s both

 

[linuxgod]

The gatekeeper on Kelly Flats.

 

[linuxgod]

Tobin took the hard line on Heart Attack Hill.

 

[linuxgod]

@laserturbo91 on the Gate Keeper

 

[linuxgod]

It was pretty at the top. I may use this as a desktop pic for a little while

 

[linuxgod]

Ironclads was a bit tippy

 

[linuxgod]

Rocky fun on Ironclads

I bet the RTT makes this extra fun

 

[linuxgod]

I'm gonna pick the tippiest line I can find to start with...

Worked out ok in the end though

 

[linuxgod]

Miller Rock. Put your tires in the air like you just don't care

 

[linuxgod]

@TheGrrrrr

I tried to hang a front tire but unlike the rest of the group I just couldn't get it up...

 

[linuxgod]

@tincan45 shows us how it's done... on street tires

This trail rocks

@laserturbo91 says "just put your tires on the rocks, boys"

 

[linuxgod]

@wiseinvestor

@TheGrrrrr shows us how to flex

 

[linuxgod]

Gratuitous selfies...

Stupid traction control. It creates a nice dust effect though

Oh yeah this was the spot I hung a tire way up in the air...

This spot was fun. I'm glad Gabe didn't get any shots of my taking the stupid line just before it which was tippy and slippery. I should've followed @tincan45 .