Shocks or struts
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Shocks or struts
I’m stumped… I traded my 97 F-150 last month for a 2004 F-150 and went to order some shocks to add to my front leveling kit and I keep getting the wrong part… I have a coil over system! Was there a change somewhere or am I missing something? I believe that I have a heavy duty but nobody ask me when I price shocks… What’s up with this???
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Thats what I thought until I brought home some Monroe Reflex shocks... In no way do they look alike. I pulled the coil over system out and there is no match... Back to the parts place and they say there computers are from the 1980's... I did hear something about "heavy duty" somewhere so this is the point of this post. Anyone else have this issue???
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Thats what he said to me on the phone ... From what I understand, even the fellows at NAPA had some problems getting the right number. They confirmed the proper "shock or strut" has a plate on the top and another towards the bottom as if it was ready to accept a coil spring: Of course at a hefty $100 bucks a piece instead of $44 they don't have them in stock. So were back to the question: Shock or Strut???
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I see that I got several of you to chime in on this thread ... I was torn between pulling my hair out and slappin' my computers monitor.
Whatever you do call it, its certanily not the shock part # that was told to me by 3 differant shops that I called. So why was I given the wrong info in the first place? Who knows!!!
I will settel for calling it a coil over, and already hit the credit union to pay for these bad boys. I hope the investment will pay off in ride and handling for my labor, and a few cuss words to boot!
I just wanted to know why all the shops gave me the wrong info...
Whatever you do call it, its certanily not the shock part # that was told to me by 3 differant shops that I called. So why was I given the wrong info in the first place? Who knows!!!
I will settel for calling it a coil over, and already hit the credit union to pay for these bad boys. I hope the investment will pay off in ride and handling for my labor, and a few cuss words to boot!
I just wanted to know why all the shops gave me the wrong info...
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Originally Posted by GIJoeCam
Technically it's a coilover shock. A strut pulls double-duty by taking the place of the upper control arm. A coilover shock is not the same thing as a strut.
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Originally Posted by Quintin
Several vehicles use struts and upper and lower control arms, Hondas most notably. '03+ full frame Fords have upper and lower control arms with a strut up front too.
Here's a typical MacPherson strut suspension:
Now, while the '05 Honda Accord may call theirs a strut, IMHO it still falls into the 'coilover' department in my book.
From the Monroe web site http://www.monroe.com/tech_support/t...idecontrol.asp :
Strut Suspension:
A suspension design in which spindle, shock, and spring are all one assembly.
Strut:
A suspension system type that utilizes the shock absorber as the upper tire position locating member.
A suspension design in which spindle, shock, and spring are all one assembly.
Strut:
A suspension system type that utilizes the shock absorber as the upper tire position locating member.
-Joe