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RuralRoute C-30 · 04-13-2010, 09:11 PM

From the way I understand it, if one were ordering shocks from LMC, (a handy reference at times if nothing else)

, looks like there isn't any difference. http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=51

Agreeing that the shocks are just there more for ride and stability while the springs are what handles any real weight.

I do know before I replaced the shocks on the C-30 the rear was hopping all over the place with the slightest bump. Now it doesn't. As I understand it, that is why Chevy went with the staggered shocks in the rear to get control of "wheel hopping" in the back.

New front shocks definitely added to a more comfortable cab ride too. Worth the expense if needed. Just be prepared, as I wasn't, when taking them off, that chances are some idiot may have used an impact gun when installing the old ones!

Took a breaker bar to get the front ones removed.

Mark

04-13-2010, 09:11 PM	#5
RuralRoute C-30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Central Illinois Posts: 511	Re: rear shocks From the way I understand it, if one were ordering shocks from LMC, (a handy reference at times if nothing else), looks like there isn't any difference. http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=51 Agreeing that the shocks are just there more for ride and stability while the springs are what handles any real weight. I do know before I replaced the shocks on the C-30 the rear was hopping all over the place with the slightest bump. Now it doesn't. As I understand it, that is why Chevy went with the staggered shocks in the rear to get control of "wheel hopping" in the back. New front shocks definitely added to a more comfortable cab ride too. Worth the expense if needed. Just be prepared, as I wasn't, when taking them off, that chances are some idiot may have used an impact gun when installing the old ones! Took a breaker bar to get the front ones removed. Mark __________________ 1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed 2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car) 2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car) "Reality is just a hallucination brought on by lack of alcohol." Last edited by RuralRoute C-30; 04-13-2010 at 09:11 PM.