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Okay so update. Me and @PathyDude17 started chatting and it appears there's more differences in rear shock mount placement and required lengths than I originally thought! Pre-facelift has an upper mount that is slight up/away from the top of the spring mount, and a lower mount that is about in line with the axle. My 3.3L post-facelift has an upper mount like pre, but a lower mount that is dropped below the axle. 3.5L post-facelift seems to have an upper mount closer to the top spring mount and dropped below the axle. We're going to try to gather some picture examples and put together a separate post about it. Just another example of all the minute differences between models...

ok, figured it out. Its a bit of work but here goes:

just picked this up, hope to get it up to snuff and make sure there is no rust issues. The PO said it was a clean southern truck, and it looks pretty good ( under the mud, VT dirt roads) and Lordwilling enjoy it for many years.

Roger that! Looking around for bushings apparently the 185552s Upper mount has 5/8 inch hourglass bushing. Will post more specs as I find them. Edit - okay so apparently the Energy Suspension 9.8107G bushing should fit the 5100s. Gonna grab them and report back how it went!

Not to jump the gun on the shocks and shock mount info, but one thing I already do know about the 33 185569's is that they're not suitable for pre facelift shock mounts unless you have alot of lift. I've personally had to reseat @micahfelker's 9448's (yes, NRC9448 springs with no coils cut), back after they drop out at full flex. The pre facelift shock mounts are close enough together that a 30" fully extended shock is just too long, whereas my 9449's stay seated at full flex (I have a 2003).

You guys are amazing! (but you already know that haha) Just got off the phone with my mechanic and we decided to replace all four bushings on my existing 185552s. Thinking perhaps the clunking I had in the past just pre maturely wore that bushing out. Since then I've replaced all the other suspension bushings (not noticing the damaged one on the shock as they are new shocks). Now to find some poly bushings and jam them in!

Thinking about it a little more I guess we do slightly more than "normal" off road (whatever that means lol). Maybe they just can't take the beating. The 5100s are low end shocks after all. Perhaps I'll see if my guy can jam stronger bushings in on both sides and see how that holds. Next step might be better shocks? Let me know what makes and models you guys are using with the LR springs (aside from 5100s). Thanks, Tom

I think you can just get a replacement bushing.

Years ago the FB group was started mainly for the really active members to have a place to chat. Then as facebook groups evolved more people joined. A few years ago when photobucket pulled their bull@!*% that was the real nail in the coffin for forums. Now that people are starting to realize how evil FB is, maybe they will come back here.

I don't feel comfortable walking you through it as I have not done it myself from mis-alignment. I think you have to line up the cam pulleys to the marks on the rear cover and then verify TDC with the crank, but wait for better info from someone else. I recommend that you start your own thread in the Garage section and copy/paste your posts here into it so people have the full story. Yes, but I was trying to address the 93+=round tooth misinformation. Not ALL '93s have round tooth belts/pulleys, the change was made some time during the year IIRC. Yes, I'm old, I have a pony tail and a cane. Which would you like to be beaten with? B