What is too small?

The bushing itself for the hole in the shock end?

Press it in as most are too small.

The hole in the bushing for the bolt?

Good shocks (like Bilsteins) will have a metal sleeve for the hole of the bushing so you don't crush the bushing and negate its purpose when tightened to torque specs, so there is no need to drill it out.

I would call Downey and get the correct bushing if that is whom you ordered your shocks through.

 

the inside diameter of the bushing is too small to fit over the stock shock mount. the coil sprung 4runner has a post that comes out off the mount that the bushing must fit over which is the shock mount and acts as the metal "sleeve" so you don't crush the bushing.

 

Ok, so I looked in the shock boxes and found some bushings that were big enough that were in the front prerunner shock boxes. I used those for the rear and the rear shock are on.

As for the metal sleeve thing, they did come with some but they were too small too so I'm glad to hear the rear mounts work as those metal sleeves.

Do the front shocks need those metal inserts? I may have to get some bigger bushings anyway for the front since I used them for the rear.

 

you don't use those metal things that come with the bushings. if you only got two, then they were for the back. the fronts should just go on there.

 

I got the rear shocks on and I was testing the flex and they actually limit my flex on the rear axle. So they're too short. But they still work and very well I might add. They are very soft.

I know the 13" travel mv-12 shocks would probably be too long and bottom out before the rear axle could flex the entire length. Well actually the tire that gets stuffed into the fender could easily flex into the fender 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 more inches.

I don't really know what to do...

 

well i will say that for 1, the shocks on the 4runner are the droop limiters and for 2, if they drop too much the driveshaft will rub the gas tank, which you do not want. for the three, unless you removed them, the bumpstops inside the coils is what is limiting the up travel. my DT shocks don't bottom out before hitting the bump stops. post some pics of the kind of flex you are getting with them.

what is the size of tire you are running? not the approximate height, but the actual marking on the tire. it can make a difference.

 

Oh, I didn't even think about those things. lol.
My tires are 285 75 R16 Wildcats.

I'm going to snap a few pics and check it out again and post the pics.

Thanks for the help man!

 

no prob, smod