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How to relocate shock brackets GM for more ground clearance (Free)

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Flyin6:
Asuming you are a crafty fellow and own a grinder and a welder or can borrow one, here's a neat little trick for you

Did you ever notice how low the shocks hang below the axle tube?

Well in a word, too low...well, OK that's two words.

They tend to catch on all sorts of stuff and actually constitute the lowest point on the truck except for the big diff.

We'll use a 2011 Chevy Silverado 2500 for this conversion (C-Max) from this site

Here's the stock bracket just waiting to hang you up on a rock or some road debris:

Flyin6:
I took some before shock measurements so I'd know if I needed to move snubbers to prevent over stuffing this pretty shock.

BTW, if you are lifting, say around 3"-4" you can just reuse your stock shocks if you like them when you relocate this bracket.

I wanted a lot more droop-put while maintaining about 4" of stuff

Flyin6:
You might have noticed that these Fabtech supplied dirt logic shocks only had maybe 2" droop remaining, clearly not enough and I'd call them on that as a poorly engineered length for that shock

My mod will bring it much more in line with a slow moving terrain destroyer

Remove it by cutting the factory welds with a grinder

Flyin6:
I bolted the old shocks back on just in case I needed to drill them and weld them to a specific length for setup

Next after cleaning the axle where I was going to weld to, I leveled the bottom of the repositioned bracket and tacked it up

Flyin6:
Looking a lot cleaner already!

Big increase in clearance...over 3"

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