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Old Jul 14, 2015 | 10:03 PM
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I have a 94 F150 4x4 with a 6" superlift. The passenger side coil spring is hitting the shock hard enough to dent the shock in 2 places. The drivers side shock is much further away from the coil spring. Any ideas as to why? See pics.



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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 08:46 PM
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Bent shock?
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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Is that spring broke or the bucket knocked loose? It does look like the spring is sitting closer to the shock. It also looks like the spring isn't compressing straight down.
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Old Jul 21, 2015 | 11:53 PM
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Coil spring is bent forward. Not straight up and down. I'm thinking new coil spring. Stop flying over speed bumps lol.
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 12:01 PM
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The nylon spring isolator shifted off the back of the lower mount. Not sute what would have caused that. The coils are superlift and are less than a year old so I wouldn't think that's the issue. The passenger side axle pivot bushings has a little play in it so I'm going to replace those and the nylon isolators and reposition the spring.

Thanks for the reaponses. I will post pics after new parts are on. Hopefully this weekend if weather permits.
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Old Jul 22, 2015 | 12:04 PM
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The shock isn't bent, BUT the lower shock bushing is bad. Replacing all shocks with the other parts. Got to love pro comps lifetime warranty on shocks.
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