Shock mounting on wristed radius arms

[old_man]

I have a high pinion D44 with radius arms on my rig. I have noticed that when flexing, the shock mount is under a severe tortional load. How have you guys mounted your shocks on long arms and such to keep the stress to a minimum?

I am using a standard pin type shock and the bolt/pin is running parallel to the axle and flat in the horizontal plane. At full flex, the rubber is crushed to the point to where it is almost metal to metal. The rubber is crapping out on a regular basis. I've been thinking of mounting the shock pin/bolt at a roughly 45 degree angle in the horizontal plane to try and relieve the binding. Any ideas?

 

[xjcrawlr]

Do you have the stock style upper stud mount?

I recommend the JKS upper shock conversions in conjunction with rotating your lower mount 90* so the axis of the pin/bolt is parallel to the control arm.

 

[53guy]

maybe try changing out the upper to a heim or similar joint and changing the lower to a more perpendicular pin?

 

[Jeff 98XJ WI]

I run my lower mount 90 degrees to the axle. The pin runs front to back along the truck, not side to side. It seems to work pretty well on my rig, but I'm running a front long arm 3 link. Jeff

 

[WheelinJR]

your lower mount definitely needs to be running front to back, perpindicular to the axle, not surprising that its binding badly.