Re: Shocks - KYB problem

[Schuyler Wrobel <schuyler62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had the KYB shocks on my 62 wagon for 5 or 6 years now
and still think they are a great improvement. the wagon stays
stuck to the road no more floating boat ride. I also remember
the guys that installed the rear shocks had to make some sort
of modification to the top part of the shock that involved welding
on a new mount or the old style mount or something like that?
sorry I can't remember back that far? but I do remember blowing out
2 sets of front shocks as soon as the Dodge hit the ground on one set.
I checked the part #'s and it turned out they were trying to put A body
shocks on my 62 B body Dodge Dart wagon. It seems no matter how
hard I try to explain how the 62's are the bigger body Dart, my effort 
falls
on deaf ears. no surprise there eh... (o:
Schuyler
Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
 <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>
On Apr 4, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Brian Schlump wrote:
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>
> I just got back from my friend's house to look at the problem he's
> having while trying to install KYB rear shocks on his '69 Super Bee.  
> He
> just bought a pair of the KG5512 from Mancini.  They will not fit into
> his upper rear shock mount.  The shock body hits on the mount before 
> the
> hole for the bolt lines up with the hole in the body mount.  We set the
> 2 shocks side by side and found that the one he removed had a domed 
> top,
> but the new KYB has a flat top.  That difference makes the mounting 
> hole
> 1/4" too short from lining up.  The Japanese may have made an
> engineering change to the shock without recognizing this to be a
> problem, because the centerline of the top to bottom holes are the same
> as the original shock.  My friend will contact Mancini tomorrow to let
> them know what we found.
>
> I suggested that he use the Mopar Super Stock rear shocks, part number
> P4529515.  That's what I put on my '64 Belvedere yesterday.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> '64 Belvedere
> Woodstock, IL.