I I had bought shocks for my year anticipating blacks. So I added the block and now I've got a bad squeak. No axle wrap just squeak.
But the shocks say there for a 1-3 inch lift.
If I took the block out would the shocks break? Or should I just try a different block?

 

You mean "Blocks and Shocks"?

 

Had me wondering what African Americans and shocks had to do with each other.

 

^^hahaha

 

Yeah haha lasnight was a long night and spell check screws everything up!

 

So this black guy walks into an auto parts store looking for some new shocks......

 

Alright stop givin me **** and help me! Haha

 

hahah

 

me too

 

What was the problem again, I forgot. Oh yeah, the blocks. If you take them out, it's going to drip the back end down. The shocks made for a lift are longer, and may bottom out the cylinders if the suspension compresses far enough. If you are easy on it, and never load it down, they may be OK.

Take a shock off, compress it fully and get a measurement from eye to eye. Climb under the truck and measure the mounts eye to eye. See how much the truck can compress without smashing the shock, by measuring where your axle will hit the bump stop.

Im just making some numbers up here as an example.
***Your shock measures 18" compressed.
Your shock mounts measure 24" eye to eye ,with the truck sitting at ride height.
That means have 6" of safe suspension compression before the shock bottoms out (with no leeway).

Your bump stop to axle measures 5". Your are safe.(5" possible compression puts shock mounts 19" eye to eye)
Your bump stop to axle measures 7". You could possibly bottom out the shocks and ruin them.(7" possible compression puts shock mounts 17" eye to eye)


You aren't going to get a lot of compression unless you load the back end down, it's not like a Jeep with a lot of suspension travel.

I'd bet you will be OK with them.