Rear Shock Bar Pin Eliminator

[hereticsdetroit]

I've been searching high and low for a bar pin eliminator kit for the upper rear shock mounts on my '94 Blazer. There's a bunch of jeep bar pin eliminator brackets, but nothing for Chevys. Does anyone have any insight on this. I know they'd be fairly simple to fab. Thanks

 

[hereticsdetroit]

Well, This weekend I went to the auto parts store and compared jeep xj Cherokee rear shocks next to k1500 blazer rear shocks and found that the upper bar pins are fairly close. The bolt hole locations are within 1/16th of an inch, the blazer's being the narrower of the two. So, I ordered some xj bar pin eliminators that looked like they had a bit of room to ream the holes inboard a tad. I'll post the results of this experiment soon.

 

[CrustyJunker]

What's the purpose of this modification? Never heard of it.

 

[CrustyJunker]

Consulted the Google, and I find it interesting. Never really heard it on my Chevies, but I do have another truck that does make this supposed noise. Might have to look into this.

 

[Steven433]

Well, This weekend I went to the auto parts store and compared jeep xj Cherokee rear shocks next to k1500 blazer rear shocks and found that the upper bar pins are fairly close. The bolt hole locations are within 1/16th of an inch, the blazer's being the narrower of the two. So, I ordered some xj bar pin eliminators that looked like they had a bit of room to ream the holes inboard a tad. I'll post the results of this experiment soon.

Well, This weekend I went to the auto parts store and compared jeep xj Cherokee rear shocks next to k1500 blazer rear shocks and found that the upper bar pins are fairly close. The bolt hole locations are within 1/16th of an inch, the blazer's being the narrower of the two. So, I ordered some xj bar pin eliminators that looked like they had a bit of room to ream the holes inboard a tad. I'll post the results of this experiment soon.

Any luck with this? I've been searching for the same thing.

 

[strikk]

Also searching for the same product. Or maybe a generic bar pin to press into a general shock body/bushing eyelet

 

[strikk]

I ended up with a Tuff Country product, its a bar pin that will press into a standard shock body: https://www.offroaddesign.com/tuff-country-shock-adapters-for-rear-of-88-98-chevy-pair.html

I went this route because now I am open to any compressed and extended length shock that I may need for my shackle flipped lifted truck. Just press in the bar pin and off I go.