Bent Rear lower shock mount?

[Desert Dan]

Has anybody else bent a rear lowere shock mount?

I have seen the u-bolt shock mount slider plates made by Amstar. Are there any other brands out there??

[PackerFever]

I saw those too but I have never been sucessful in getting email back from them or in finding a price for their stuff.

[rkcrawl]

Those ubolt/shock mount skid plates aren't rocket science. That kind of design has been around for years for CJs/YJs. Frankly I bet it wouldn't be too hard to modify the factory sping plate with some 3/16" plate (assuming you or a friend as the correct tools).

[Sewie]

You mean like this?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/sewie/DV0406/d4032d4d.jpg

Happened yesterday on our Death Valley trip. But that rock is couple inches shorter now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Desert Dan]

It looks familiar.

Lucky the u-bolt didn't break off.
I bent the shock mount bolt back and up at an angle(rear section of the plate). The shock is still working but the bushing is tweaked a little.

I think I'll buy a new plate and reinforce it with a skid plate.

The flat bottom make a good place for a floor jack in the future.

It looks like the AmStar skid plate bolts on (using the u-bolts) in addition to the stock plate.

Amstar'site had no prices or ordering info??

[Sewie]

I was probably going about 40-45 mph when I hit. The impact actually sheared off a piece of the mount. You can kind of see it in the pic. There might have still been some damage even with a skid.

[HummBebe]

HA!!!
The bottom of your truck is starting to look like mine http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bully13]

Originally posted by Sewie:
I was probably going about 40-45 mph when I hit. The impact actually sheared off a piece of the mount. You can kind of see it in the pic. There might have still been some damage even with a skid.

Holy crap... 40-45!? wow. I guess you are lucky. That's Freakin awesome though. Last week I went to Tyler-Foot Crossing (near Nevada City, CA). We gave the H3 a rest that day and took the 06 Rubicon. The fastest I could go was about 20-25. The tires are a bit smaller than the H3, so I assume I could have gone faster and kept control in the Hummer. I couldn't imagine going 40-45. Based on your pics though I see that Death Valley has a much different terrain. And btw, your pics from DV are great too. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Sewie]

Actually, on some of the straightaways we were doing 55-60. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I was going around a turn when this happened so I had slowed down.

The trucks handled great. We were trying to do some power slides around some of the turns but the TC kept kicking in. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Steve - SanJose]

Wow, using the H3 as a rally car! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

S.

[MarK M]

i swear on some of those straights we jumped the H3 on those dips!

[Sewie]

Originally posted by MarK M:
i swear on some of those straights we jumped the H3 on those dips!

Yup. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bully13]

When I went to prairie city I finally shutoff the TC. Of course that was when I was doing mock 5 through the mud. I know what you mean though. Before I shut it off, I would hit the gas with the wheel cranked and got nothing unless I used less power!