Shocks. Is this Correct

border · Mar 31, 2019

,Are bushes ect on in right order before I tighten everything up ?
There was no washers in the kit, so will I need one for underneath spring seat at bottom, would have thought there should be one for nut at top of turret also ??

neilly · Mar 31, 2019

That does not look right.

Cheers

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

Not right don’t drive it like this. Pretty sure I have same shocks and bushes fitted to mine I will try and take a pic for you.

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

Top of front shock note bush on either side of top mount.

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

Bottom of shock. Note bush either side or axle mount.

border · Mar 31, 2019

Alfieslandy said:
Bottom of shock. Note bush either side or axle mount.

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Thank You Mate. Please forgive me everyone for this stupid mistake, Trying to rush everything instead of thinking things through properly.
Thanks Again Mate for photos

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

Washer look arranged correctly but top mount needs to sit where red line intersects

Spring seat intersects where red line is

border · Mar 31, 2019

Alfieslandy said:
Washer look arranged correctly but top mount needs to sit where red line intersects

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Spring seat intersects where red line is

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Got it now Mate Thanks,

border · Mar 31, 2019

Really Embarrassed now about this, what a stupid mistake to make.
Anyway I ordered kit a few weeks ago just got round to fitting shocks now, but the rears had 2 different fitting kits in so gonna have to get back on to Paddocks, one is right but haven't got a clue what the other is for. someone's obviously put wrong one in box somewhere down the line.

neilly · Mar 31, 2019

Are you fitting pin to pin on the rear ?

Cheers

border · Mar 31, 2019

neilly said:
Are you fitting pin to pin on the rear ?

Cheers

Not sure what that means Mate pin to pin ?

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

I’m pretty sure smaller ones are meant to be for the bottom of the rear shock. Or at least that is how I have mine arranged and seem ok so far. I did have to get rid of one washer on one side of the axle mount otherwise I could not get the lot tightened up correctly. Not sure if this was from the washer protrusions where they locate in hole being a bit to long or the mount being a little thinner than spec. Fitted mine as a replacement for a set a previous owner had fitted. The ones I removed had the larger bushes , as in your first pic , fitted so I would say it will be fine with either as long as same both sides.

border · Mar 31, 2019

Alfieslandy said:
I’m pretty sure smaller ones are meant to be for the bottom of the rear shock. Or at least that is how I have mine arranged and seem ok so far. I did have to get rid of one washer on one side of the axle mount otherwise I could not get the lot tightened up correctly. Not sure if this was from the washer protrusions where they locate in hole being a bit to long or the mount being a little thinner than spec.

The smaller one wont fit on to shock, only goes as far down as shown on photo, , the top ones seem to fit properly there is a washer for them too.

neilly · Mar 31, 2019

border said:
Not sure what that means Mate pin to pin ?

Top and bottom on the rear shock are pins, rather than a pin on the bottom and a bush in a ring on the top connecting to a spindle coming from the chassis mount.

Cheers

Alfieslandy · Mar 31, 2019

border said:
The smaller one wont fit on to shock, only goes as far down as shown on photo, , the top ones seem to fit properly there is a washer for them too.

Yeah I seem to remember them being a bit of a pig to get on. Think I intended on using the bigger ones but was not a set of four supplied with mine just 1 or 2.... for some strange reason. The smaller ones don’t look a million miles from the design of the original factory types. Certainly closer than the larger ones. Not sure if these would fit however.

border · Mar 31, 2019

Alfieslandy said:
Yeah I seem to remember them being a bit of a pig to get on. Think I intended on using the bigger ones but was not a set of four supplied with mine just 1 or 2.... for some strange reason. The smaller ones don’t look a million miles from the design of the original factory types. Certainly closer than the larger ones. Not sure if these would fit however.

Seems funny to get 2 different fitting kits, one of them must be wrong, the larger one from rears is the same as kit in fronts,

border · Apr 1, 2019

Think I got it right this time. As for the rears phoned Paddocks today and they are going to send the correct kit out, which ever of the two it is, I'm backing the one on the left of photo, but I'm usually wrong.

Alfieslandy · Apr 1, 2019

Please keep updated. I have a suspicion my rear lowers are wrong.

border · Apr 4, 2019

border · Apr 4, 2019

Well got new bushes today, but still now further forward they are completely different from the other two, they just sent 4 bushes with no washers as the first two also had completely different washers, one of them did not even slide onto shock
Suppose I could use these 4 they have just sent but will need to get a matching set of washers too..

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