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Any advice, big guy? @Kern Dog

Hope you don’t mind me hijacking your thread, Kern Dog. When I bought my charger a few years ago it came with a new parking brake cable as the front portion was broken. Today I installed the new front cable (which was a real pain in the b hole) and I was thinking I may as well just use the rear...

Oops! Here’s the before and after:

Well the test drive was fairly anticlimactic which, I suppose, is a good thing. They weren’t any rattles or noises that weren’t there before. The rear suspension might feel a wee bit softer but it’s not a dramatic change. And also, the *** end is at least an inch lower. Here’s a before and after:

I decided to stop trying to be so creative and just use stock size bolts and factory bushings. I don’t want my car to turn into something “Roadkilly”. The 1/2” bolt was a bit loose in the holes but once I cranked the lock nut on there it doesn’t seem to rattle around at all. And these blue...

I appreciate the honesty. I’m starting to feel defeated though. I think I’ll try knocking the sleeves out of the bushings, and squeeze a slightly bigger one in them, even if I have to drill the rubber to make the sleeve fit. Whoever modified the car before royally screwed me over haha.

Good to know. Thanks!

Thanks very much 4406bbl! I don’t think we have rockauto up here but I located some KYBs on a Canadian website. I just wrote to confirm the eyelet size. Fingers crossed!

I’ve never poked around under a clean B body before. Now I know there’s been some funny business under my car. It’s undercoated plus dirty. I thought there were some boogery welds that looked out of place. For some reason the ends of the shock mount cross rail were cut off at the frame rails...

It certainly helps. So does the bolt rattle around in the mount holes a little bit. The 5/8 bolts that are in there now seem to be the right fit. I tried the 1/2” bolt has some wiggle room

Yeah. 1/2” seems to be the default. I just looked up the gabriel 82131 and it has a mount code ES27 which is 1/2” too. So I don’t know what hell to do! Weld the old shock back together haha

Hey I’ve ordered 2 sets of shocks now from the local parts store. They’ve both come with the 1/2” top eyelet. Their computer is saying these are stock replacements for a 69 charger. Have you ever come across something like this? This is getting frustrating.

Fellas, what is the right eyelet size for a rear shock of a 69 charger? I broke one the other day, ordered Munroes that are supposed to fit a big block mopar but found the top eyelet on the new shock is too small for my bolt. The old shocks’ eyelets are 5/8” and the top eyelet of this new Munroe...

I’ll tack on to this thread as it’s related: I broke a shock the other day towards the end of a family cruise in my 69 Charger. My exhaust rattles a bit against the gas tank a bit sometimes but this sounded really shitty. Had a peak underneath a beheld a broken shock absorber. Anywho, ordered a...