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What happened here to my shock?

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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 7:06 AM
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Drivers side is fine

Passenger side - Been hearing a rattle. The shocks are a month old and the previous on on this side was missing half the bushings
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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 7:26 AM
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it broke loose
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Originally Posted by mountainmanjoe
it broke loose
I see that... Im guessing I have to weld up the shock mount so it doesn't happen again.
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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 10:59 AM
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It looks like the shock mount rusted out on top. The angle of your picture doesn't show how bad it is, but you will definitely need to do some welding. If it's real real bad you might have to replace thge whole thing.
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Originally Posted by oldchevy
It looks like the shock mount rusted out on top. The angle of your picture doesn't show how bad it is, but you will definitely need to do some welding. If it's real real bad you might have to replace thge whole thing.

Here is a better angle of the bad side
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It looks solid enough to be welded but the welder has to determine that.
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it would help if you posted info like your van year, model, etc.
See GM bulletin PI1080C
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Originally Posted by mountainmanjoe
it would help if you posted info like your van year, model, etc.
See GM bulletin PI1080C
2003 express 3500 passenger van 6.0 L white
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My crappy weld job. Shock is back in.
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I don’t think nobody will be looking there just as long as it fixed the problem
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