[lakeroadster]

As I understand it, GM used the "one shock in front of the axle, one shock behind the axle" to try to minimize wheel hop on leaf spring cars. That way when the axle starts to wrap you have shocks working in opposite directions.

Also worth noting, I relocated my upper shock to get the shock inclination angle back within specification. I contacted the technical department at Monroe and they stated that the shock absorber cannot be mounted more than 30 degrees off vertical. If the angle exceeds 30 degrees they may tend to have lapses in dampening.