Does this happen to others or just me?

[Blackdog]

Did you buy the whole assembly or get them rebuilt? It is a known issue that some shops don't reuse a clip from the old strut/shock to the new one causing the shaft to punch through the upper bushings. If this isn't the case then disregard. A lot of info on club frontier dot org.
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I think it was either the boot spacer or boot cover washer that is often not replaced.
Still sux either way. Hope it's not too costly of a repair!

Thanks, I rebuilt them myself and used the factory washer like the instructions said on the 5100s. I ll take a look at that site

 

[Buck98]

Just you……..Sorry!!!

 

[Blackdog]

Just you……..Sorry!!!

I would agree

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Not me.

 

[turkeyrun]

You doing that many on rough roads, you are going to have to plate those mounts.

Or quit using Coors cans for replacements.

Man, that is a pounding.

 

[C_Hallbert]

Top of the strut, shock blew through the strut mount. They have 20,000 miles on them since I replaced them 3 months ago

The ingenuity of our Chinese masters is breath taking…..

 

[Mr.Glock]

Years ago we had 15 -1/2 ton chevys that ran hundreds of miles of rough non paved roads every day checking pressures on well heads all over Texas and Oklahoma. The only way they lasted was we had to beef up with 1/4 steel plate the front and rear suspension parts, the rear shock heads and mounts. And every 6 months rebuild and shocks. I will say when we started running Bilstein Shocks they would last a whole year or better, others 6-7 months.

 

[Bill_Long_Tan]

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Might consider slowing down a bit...