Shock bushing issues

[shocktower]

Ok I had installed some new shocks, and the fronts would not let me compress the bushings, like the shoulder was to tall where the bushing goes.
I have done a dozen of these shocks and never seen this issue. I am a huge instruction guy I read them and follow them so, it is not me, has anyone else had an issue ???

 

[Golgo13]

Are these OE shocks? Do you have a picture to share? this is confusing.

 

[shocktower]

Are these OE shocks? Do you have a picture to share? this is confusing.

No after market ones OME

 

[baldilocks]

We are going to need some photos

 

[Tapage]

front or rear ? up or lower point ..?

 

[Pin_Head]

It is almost certainly an assembly error issue or the wrong shock, but it is ambiguous as to what you mean by “shoulder”. What shoulder?

 

[gummycarbs]

What shoulder?

Probably where the threads end at the top:

My money is on a goobered up thread. I'd remove the nut and upper bushing and see if you can thread the nut all the way down by hand. If not, clean the threads up with a die.

 

[gummycarbs]

(triple post)

 

[gummycarbs]

Wow, triple post, a new record for me!

 

[LandCruisinMy93]

It is almost certainly an assembly error issue or the wrong shock, but it is ambiguous as to what you mean by “shoulder”. What shoulder?

I'm not so sure it's an assembly error. I've gone through several shocks while messing with different lift heights and valving etc... and the rubber or in some cases urethane bushings that come with the shocks have a shoulder. Essentially the bushing looks like a flattened out mushroom. The shoulder is supposed to fit in the oversized holes in the shock mount with the cupped metal washers on the outsides of each busbing. I believe this is the shoulder @shocktower is referring to. In several instances different companies sent me bushings that the shoulder on the bushing was too long to fit both bushings on and I had to trim them. I figured out how much I needed to remove to make them fit with a slight excess to compress and I used a razor stuck into the edge of a 2x4 block to cut all bushing shoulders the same height. I don't expect this kind of stuff from OME though. Maybe they switched bushing providers or maybe these shocks weren't specific to the 80 series cruiser?

 

[shocktower]

Probably where the threads end at the top:

My money is on a goobered up thread. I'd remove the nut and upper bushing and see if you can thread the nut all the way down by hand. If not, clean the threads up with a die.

Exactly the metal shoulder is to tall, to allow the compression of the rubbers

 

[shocktower]

It is almost certainly an assembly error issue or the wrong shock, but it is ambiguous as to what you mean by “shoulder”. What shoulder?

No assembly error if so I would say hey I am screwing this up help me, I am that kind of man.
The threaded shaft, for the bushing has a shoulder, very hard to see since it is obvious, and it seam it was threaded, as far enough, o yeah correct part number for application .

 

[Pin_Head]

So are the bushings too tall so you can’t get thenut threaded?

 

[Jacques Villeneuve]

I had the same issue. I kept on looking for hard rubber bushings but had a bugger of a time finding anything. I went to Harbor Freight and bought some hard rubber grommet like cylinders that had a hole down the middle but the right diameter. These were too long so I cut them like one would a sausage into disks. These would last a couple of months before the shock would rattle again as the "bushing" disintegrated.
The best cure is to go back to stock and spend the coin there.

 

[shocktower]

I had the same issue. I kept on looking for hard rubber bushings but had a bugger of a time finding anything. I went to Harbor Freight and bought some hard rubber grommet like cylinders that had a hole down the middle but the right diameter. These were too long so I cut them like one would a sausage into disks. These would last a couple of months before the shock would rattle again as the "bushing" disintegrated.
The best cure is to go back to stock and spend the coin there.

I just added spacers/washers to get the right spacing moe betta