Shock bushing guide?
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Melting Slicks
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Shock bushing guide?
im removing my coil overs to go back to stock suspension. i don't remember what the order of the bushings and plates are. cant find anything online. i have about 5 different kind of bushings that were in one of the boxes of used shocks i bought. if you guys can help me out with pics or a diagram it will be greatly appreciated 
Le Mans Master
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Try looking at
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...r-set-603103-1
If you magnify the image, you can see the bushings pretty well.
Good luck.
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...r-set-603103-1
If you magnify the image, you can see the bushings pretty well.
Good luck.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: East Oakland CA
thanks. that picture throws me off a little because they use a bottom plate. so far i haven't seen that for stock shocks. what I've seen is,
Front: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount to frame, Bushing, Large Diameter plate. is this correct?
Rear: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount PLate, Bushing, Small diamter plate.
am i going in the right direction here?
Front: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount to frame, Bushing, Large Diameter plate. is this correct?
Rear: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount PLate, Bushing, Small diamter plate.
am i going in the right direction here?
Try looking at
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...r-set-603103-1
If you magnify the image, you can see the bushings pretty well.
Good luck.
http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...r-set-603103-1
If you magnify the image, you can see the bushings pretty well.
Good luck.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 6,528
Likes: 752
From: South Dakota
thanks. that picture throws me off a little because they use a bottom plate. so far i haven't seen that for stock shocks. what I've seen is,
Front: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount to frame, Bushing, Large Diameter plate. is this correct?
Rear: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount PLate, Bushing, Small diamter plate.
am i going in the right direction here?
Front: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount to frame, Bushing, Large Diameter plate. is this correct?
Rear: -Shock, T-bushing, Mount PLate, Bushing, Small diamter plate.
am i going in the right direction here?
I found some more pictures of Bilstein, Koni, and other aftermarket shocks that look a little different from stock (sorry about misleading with the aftermarket pictures). I also found a shock install tutorial that has a few pictures and descriptions as well.
http://fuzzydiceracing.com/test.htm
Basically there is a bushing on each side of the metal plate or frame and a diameter plate on the outside of each bushing, and a nut on the top. The exception is that it looks like the stock shock may have the diameter plate built into the shock so it may not be a separate diameter plate between the shock and the lower bushing. Just check to make sure that the shock has a seating surface for the bushing if that is the case.
Good luck.
Last edited by QCVette; Sep 15, 2014 at 05:52 PM.
