Rear shock mounts

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:21 pm

Does anybody know where to find this type of rear shock mount?

Phoenix0783 · Post by **Phoenix0783** » Mon May 18, 2015 11:03 pm

Autofab and Solo Motorsports for sure. Probably Camburg too.

Rmc · Post by **Rmc** » Tue May 19, 2015 12:41 am

Threat sells one too. I haven't looked at each side by side to tell you what brand that one is though.

birdco85 · Post by **birdco85** » Tue May 19, 2015 8:39 am

That's the threat mount. I have the same one

arse_sidewards · Post by **arse_sidewards** » Mon May 25, 2015 7:01 am

Anyone know if any one of these off the shelf mounts clears a pickup bed with no cutting?

IIRC there's a bed support close to where they want to be and going further forward gets close to the fuel tank.

nubreed71 · Post by **nubreed71** » Mon May 25, 2015 3:19 pm

There isn't an off the shelf one for the trucks. Believe me...I looked. I've heard 1 or 2 shops have been working on one, but have yet to see one advertised anywhere.

It's possible to get a 10" under there without any cutting or losing the front tank, that's what I'm currently running on my truck. I know Jkrell stuffed a 12" under there also, but I'm pretty sure he had to cut the bed support, and trim his front tank.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:03 pm

10" can be done but it gets tight & the bottom of the shocks mount well below the axle centerline. On my '74, which is similar to an 80's/90's I went with an 8" stroke to keep the bottom of the shocks a bit higher up. Plus with the 10" I'd have had to bump the thing super low. It's all a compromise without going to a long shock & through the bed. You either bump it before the full travel amount to keep the shock from bottoming, or strap it well before full droop. I tried to meet in the middle of the above, but I lost much more droop travel than I did bump travel - on purpose as I'd rather have the bump travel.

IMO the best shock for this would be a set of short bodied 10" (body of an 8" stroke shock, but with the shaft of a 10" stroke).

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:05 pm

oh and to clarify - at Taylor said, there isn't an off the shelf thing for trucks. The bronco rear frame is definitely different than a truck rear frame, and then the truck doesn't have the big step up in the body like the bronco. And that step up in the body is where these shock mounts go on the bronco.

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:07 pm

Dang we need edit back...

1 more thing to add - Philo has pics in one of his threads on how he did an under the bed shock mount I think, and then I have one on my build thread. Philo used 10" shocks I think. Oh, and Taylor (Nubreed71) might have one in his thread too.

nubreed71 · Post by **nubreed71** » Wed May 27, 2015 4:58 pm

Here's a few pics of my setup. It drops out 16.5" bumped and strapped with a 10" shock under the bed:

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Wed May 27, 2015 9:19 pm

here's mine. I can't remember what my travel is for sure, but as I said I have 8" shocks & limited bump about 3-4" before metal to metal and droop about 6-8" before metal to metal just to make things work. I have 64" springs designed for a Chevy 2500 on my crew though.

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Bump is about like this

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& droop about like this

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keenanduran1 · Post by **keenanduran1** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:04 pm

JonMac31 wrote:Does anybody know where to find this type of rear shock mount?

I am selling my Threat Motorsports under the bed shock mounts and my 12" 2.5 2 tube race series to go with it. Ready for pick up. Hit me up 949-878-2150

GETSOMEphoto · Post by **GETSOMEphoto** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:26 pm

keenanduran1 wrote:
JonMac31 wrote:Does anybody know where to find this type of rear shock mount?
I am selling my Threat Motorsports under the bed shock mounts and my 12" 2.5 2 tube race series to go with it. Ready for pick up. Hit me up 949-878-2150

What are you looking to get for the package?

keenanduran1 · Post by **keenanduran1** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:31 am

GETSOMEphoto wrote:
keenanduran1 wrote:
JonMac31 wrote:Does anybody know where to find this type of rear shock mount?
I am selling my Threat Motorsports under the bed shock mounts and my 12" 2.5 2 tube race series to go with it. Ready for pick up. Hit me up 949-878-2150
What are you looking to get for the package?

Sold man, sorry about that.

Jbfab · Post by **Jbfab** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:43 pm

Honestly the fab on these isnt hard. I have about $50 in materials into mine, i couldnt justify the $450 price tag. Think i have about 3-4 hours into it with cycling. Getting a little over 16" with 12" shocks. Its not a pickup but not realy a bronco either.

JonMac31 · Post by **JonMac31** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:50 pm

Is it possible to run a 14" stroke shock with that type of rear shock mount from threat, solo, etc. ?
If I remember right, my buddy had one pretty much identical and he was able to stuff his 14" bilstein 7100's and 5100's under there

Andy Jones · Post by **Andy Jones** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:27 pm

JonMac31 wrote:Is it possible to run a 14" stroke shock with that type of rear shock mount from threat, solo, etc. ?
If I remember right, my buddy had one pretty much identical and he was able to stuff his 14" bilstein 7100's and 5100's under there

Sure ya can ! The ride would be stiff as heck !.

arse_sidewards · Post by **arse_sidewards** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:12 am

Andy Jones wrote:
JonMac31 wrote:Is it possible to run a 14" stroke shock with that type of rear shock mount from threat, solo, etc. ?
If I remember right, my buddy had one pretty much identical and he was able to stuff his 14" bilstein 7100's and 5100's under there
There's nothing stopping you from going lower on the lower mount...

Sure ya can ! The ride would be stiff as heck !.

But the landing would be nice and smooth

Andy Jones · Post by **Andy Jones** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:31 am

Stick a 14" stroke shock under your rig, and see how much Bump travel there is !.

arse_sidewards · Post by **arse_sidewards** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:19 pm

Andy Jones wrote:Stick a 14" stroke shock under your rig, and see how much Bump travel there is !.

About 14 minus the down travel from ride height... give or take a little since it's probably not 1:1 stroke:travel.

You could stuff it outboard so it's almost parallel to the ground on full compression and keep full bump travel. Not saying that would be a smart idea, but you could do it. The kind of valving you'd use at that orientation would probably cure any axle wrap issues.