For reference, what are the brand & part numbers of currently manufactured
shocks drivers are using?
I replaced mine with new ones from Sears (don't have the part numbers w/ me,
but can get if needed) & I had to compare dimensions to get the closest
match (don't know how stiffness compares).
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-Window
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Culver <sculver@iwl.net>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] shocks
>Thanks, Bob- Don't want to make it any stiffer than it already is!
>
>Smokey
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Advdesign1@aol.com <Advdesign1@aol.com>
>To: sculver@iwl.net <sculver@iwl.net>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 3:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] shocks
>
>
>>
>><< I have Monroe-matic shocks on front and back. No doubt
>> they've been there for decades, so my question is what type of shocks
>should
>> I replace them with, assuming that there is a better quality replacement
>> available? >>
>>
>>The only thing a shock absorber can do is stiffen up a ride. since these
>>trucks are stiff enough, I don't think a HD shock is any advantage.
>Besides,
>>a HD shock will break the frame bracket.
>>Bob ADler
>>
>>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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