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02-20-2014, 05:39 PM | #1 |
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S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
I have been offered a set of air shocks out of an s10 for my 73-80 frame, my question is will they work ie. bolt in place, the truck is static dropped 4/8 with 5 leafs in pack an I need new shocks as mine are blown an I would love the fact of being able to put more air in the rear when needed for heavy loads/hauling.
The s10 is a 95 that they came out of Thanks in advance guys! Last edited by K10mashup350; 02-20-2014 at 05:42 PM. Reason: More info |
02-20-2014, 10:52 PM | #2 | |
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Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
You would have to measure them. It is way to hard to guess at something like that with lowering involved.
That said, I am not a fan of air-shocks in the first place. The shock mounts were never designed to support the weight of the truck, much less added weight of cargo.
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02-20-2014, 11:18 PM | #3 |
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Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
I had him measure the "stroke" of the shock and at it's max it's aprox. 21"-22" and fully compressed is 17"
To me it sounds like it should work, is there any other measurements I shouldn't concerned with? |
02-20-2014, 11:43 PM | #4 |
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Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
that seems way too long.
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02-21-2014, 09:03 AM | #5 |
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Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
How long of shocks should I be looking for, I did try the search but didn't find it, I'll keep looking for the specs of drop shocks an try to base it off that
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02-21-2014, 09:03 AM | #6 |
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Re: S10 air shocks.... Will they work?
S10s use different upper mounts. They use a crossbar type of setup on the top whereas the 73-87 trucks use a normal eyelet.
And your lengths sound quite long. My lowered 78 rear shocks are a good bit shorter than those numbers.
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