Front Passenger upper shock mount broken off frame

[Papikev252]

Hey guys. So I bought this K3500 and only thing that is wrong is that the passenger upper shock mount was broken. Everything else is solid. Whoever tried to fix it did a crappy weld job. How should I get this fixed? Atleast temporarily. I found a guy who can fab and weld new ones only but it won’t be for a while. Is there any kind of bolt on ones or anything you guys can think of

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[b454rat]

Is it even being used?!? Don’t think you need it for shock hoops….

 

[Schurkey]

Is it even being used?!? Don’t think you need it for shock hoops….

Yup. The broken shock mount is the least of the problems here.

 

[Hipster]

IDK, but that hoop looks like it has a bar that runs/bolts to the upper shock mount? Looks like somebody crash landed. Looks like someone tried to half-ass cobble it back on previously.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Step 1: Check the frame for straightness.

 

[tpass]

man that weld is ugly... probably going to have to find a donor vehicle for a replacement mount, or fabricate something if you need to fix it. I'm not that familiar with K3500's if the shock mount is bolted or welded to the frame?

 

[Hipster]

If that is at rest, shocks look near bottomed out. Shock length issue. Tire rubbing on shocks etc. More than meets the eye.

 

[RichLo]

If that is at rest, shocks look near bottomed out. Shock length issue. Tire rubbing on shocks etc. More than meets the eye.

Its like a game of Where's Waldo... Camber adjusters maxed out on LCA also.

Have any more pics of the truck that we can knit-pick?

 

[Hipster]

What's scary is some of these lift kits use riv-nuts to support the UCA bracket, and it looks like it's separated/ air space from the frame. Probably not far from detached.

 

[greenz97]

if I was in your position I would remove everything that shock is connected to in the front end. No need to remove control arms but that huge hoop + weld job is gnarly. one you can see everything clearly I would go from there. This entire front end shock mounting looks like something out of a cartoon. In these cases it's usually best to just start from scratch instead of sketchily repairing an already sketch job.