Question: I have an old question I have never found an answer for ?

[killain]

Why do front shock absorbers have like 1.5 or more inches of thread ? Even if you put the bottom washer on and a bushing and push it up through the frame mount, and put the top bushing and washer on and then tighten it down to where the bushing is about as round as the washer, you still have a heck of a lot of thread left over ?

And why does the rear shocks have none ?

 

[LLC5]

Why do front shock absorbers have like 1.5 or more inches of thread ? Even if you put the bottom washer on and a bushing and push it up through the frame mount, and put the top bushing and washer on and then tighten it down to where the bushing is about as round as the washer, you still have a heck of a lot of thread left over ?

And why does the rear shocks have none ?

If I understand the question correctly, I would say that it is for ease of installation to guide it through the shock mount and have enough length to get the rubber bushings and washers and hold down nut in place. Rear shocks (depending on the vehicle of course) are generally mounted to the body with a plate already mounted to the shock and use two bolts to install to the body of the vehicle, or a single bolt and nut that hold the shock to the body.

 

[BigJimZ16]

If I understand the question correctly, I would say that it is for ease of installation to guide it through the shock mount and have enough length to get the rubber bushings and washers and hold down nut in place. Rear shocks (depending on the vehicle of course) are generally mounted to the body with a plate already mounted to the shock and use two bolts to install to the body of the vehicle, or a single bolt and nut that hold the shock to the body.

Ease of installation it is!!