P38 shock absorber Front/Back?

Hi all,

I'm about to go swap the front & rear shock absorbers over after I incorrectly installed the front ones at the rear & vica versa (or so I think).

I used logic after I excitedly opened all the boxes without noting which were the front and which were the rear, so I used logic and put the longest shock absorbers at the rear as they were diagonal & the shortest at the front as they look to have the shortest amount of travel.

However, I Don't believe this is correct and would love some confirmation before I do anything.

Cheers,

Mark

the fronts look longer, but i'm not sure
rear;

front;

Cheers, Kermit. You'd think they'd just put front and back on the absorbers themselves, but no.

Check RAVE, I thought it was long at the rear.

So the part no. Is STC3672 for the front shock absorbers and i happen to have a spare set & they do look to be longer. I hope the manufacturer got them right!

You can see where the metal tube starts to taper towards the plastic cover. I don't think you can see the metal taper on the shorter ones.


It's so odd the longer ones being at the front .

According to John Craddock site, the shipping dimensions are longer for the rear, which implies bigger box . . . . . but then it could mean anything !!

Front:


Rear:

Longer on the front as the top mount is further from the axle. Shock length doesn't automatically mean the stoke of the shock is longer or used. That said, the front flexes quite well too.