I probably have the same factory assembly manual as yours - POS reprint - I
don't know who put this thing together but the diagram you refer to is from
a 55 1st series. This is after the change to open driveline. Confirm this by
looking at section 4 2.00. That's hardly a torque tube driveshaft.
Disregarding that rather misleading fact, the drawing is basically correct,
as far as the shock mounts, anyway. The U-bolts are different because the
torque tube axle uses a flexible spring mount arrangement to allow for
slight changes in pinion angle.
My lower shock mounts ('51 GMC, but same as '50 Chev - trust me on this) are
FORWARD of the axle and the tabs point DOWNWARD. The tabs are outboard of
the spring.
Jack / Winter Park FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; "Gary L. Perry" <glperry@fwi.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Still need help on the shocks
> Thanks everyone.. I am still skeptical even tho the assembly manual shows
it
> the way both Jim and Gary are saying. I have a more square U-Bolt that is
> mounted to the torque tube on its own mounting bracket (not like in the
> picture in Section 4 1.00). I was so sure you are right I assembled the
> mounts the same way you are saying, yet when you install a shock (and I
> didnt remove the upper mounts so no question there), the angle is too
steep
> and it doesnt look the way it seems it should. My U-Bolts do not go over
the
> entire axle. Instead, there is a bracket assembly that the U-Bolt hooks
to.
>
> This is why I need the people on this list to physically go out to your
> vehicles and take a look-see and tell me what you have on yours. I'm
> thinking the 50 is different from the 51+'s too. But I dunno since my 49
and
> anything earlier uses the old shock system.
>
> Thanks everyone.. and so I still don't know for sure.. please elaborate on
> what is on your trucks! You are looking at the lower REAR shock mount and
> tell me if its forward of the axle, and if its pointed up or down.
>
> Deve
> 50 3100
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary L. Perry" <glperry@fwi.com>
> To: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 4:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Still need help on the shocks
>
>
> > Deve, I have the Assembly Man, which is mostly 54 pix, yet I'm thinking
> same
> > for 50. 49's had lever shocks. In Section 4, Sheet 1.00 the lower shock
> mount
> > is held on by all four u-bolts with the shock stud pointed outwards and
in
> front
> > of the axle. Then, the frame mount, which looks the same as the front
> style,
> > is riveted on the outside of frame, maybe 12" ahead of axle bumper. If
you
> > have removed these or ? there must be some holes in frame where it was
or
> > supposed to be. The front shocks have an angled bracket that fits on
only
> > 2 u-bolts of front of axle and frame brackets on outside of frame, But
> only
> > three holes are used and bracket passes above the frame top with fourth
> > hole being un-used. Hope this helps. "G"
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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