The Shock Body. At the heart of the full-bodied coilover is the shock. Like any shock, the coilover's upper mount connects directly to the chassis while its lower mount connects to its lower A-arm ...

With the bearing mount removed, Ted Whitney used a cutting wheel to slot the end of the shaft on the two rear shocks prior to installation in the lower shock mount. See All 20 Photos 06.

The lower mounts on this car came courtesy of the traction bars. Most traction bars have this provision. We had to drill out the hole in these Competition Engineering bars to accept the ¾-inch ...

Because the lower shock mounts are similar, this Global kit should also work with only minor changes for either a 9-inch or Strange's Dana 60 dubbed the S-60.

Installing a Progressive Suspension shock absorber on a motorcycle. The monoshock attaches to the bike with upper and lower mounting bolts. After removing the two nuts that held the old shock in place ...

Very nicely made shock absorber; looks like custom made. Chromoly steel; rebuildable. Nitrogen gas charged. Comes with cool-looking progressive rate springs in black or red. Internal bladder ...

The lower shock mount bolt serves double duty because it’s also the attachment point for the rear stabilizer bar link (yellow). You know what this means, right?

First, though, remove the shock's lower mount bolt 2. and be prepared to work at it. Most of these nuts will be torqued to 50 foot-pounds or more, so have a breaker bar or burly buddy standing by.

The lower shock mount bolts to a bracket (yellow) that hangs under the axle tube, but so does the lower spring seat. What this means is that alternate spring seats can simply be bolted on.

Position the shock in the lower mount and slide the bolt in. Thread the nut onto the bolt. Torque the upper and lower nuts/bolts to 70 foot-pounds (2005 model-year Avalanche).