Broken Shock?!?

I was driving down a bumpy road and hear a loud bang. I got out and the truck is sagging towards the drivers side front tire. I look under and see this on the shock! Has anyone ever had this happen to them too?

 

Seen it before, she needs some love.

 

Never broken a front shock, but have blown a rear one.

 

Seen it before. Upgrade time!

 

Is the front lifted with a top plate spacer?

 

yeah it is, feel like this might be my fault for going the cheap route.

 

Chilllllhaha

 

Lmao, you know what to do.

 

3" lift spacers and no bump stop spacers=kaboom

 

Yes, it is. But on the bright side, you have the brains to realize it, and the stones to admit it. Good for you, it's a refreshing change.

 

Also curious, how many miles on those shocks and truck? How "bumpy" was this road and at what speed?

 

Phew, good thing we don't have struts...

 

Yeah shit, dodged a bullet on that one!

 

Jesus christ I am stupid as hell...

 

120,xxx on the truck and shocks. It was just an old country road with some holes, and I guess I hit one just right doing about 60.

 

That's quite the recipe for disaster. Betty Crocker would be jealous.

 

That is just your truck yelling "upgrade this ****"

 

Yep, your fault. Top plate spacer causes the shock to bottom out before the frame bumpstop. Plenty of past examples:









Happens to Tundras, too:

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100% caused by the spacer lift.

Instead of the bumpstop (round rubber piece mounted to your frame) bumping off the lower control arm when you bottom out, the spacer causes the shock to become the piece that bottoms out - and the shock is nowhere near as strong as a piece of rubber mounted to the frame.