On my 88 pickup there is only one shock, its on the right side looking at it from the rear, why dont both sides have shocks?

 

both sides should have shocks.

check the lower spring / u-bolt area on the left for a stud for a shock, and look up at the chassis too.

 

Either you lost the other 1 somewhere, and you just noticed it, OR you pissed some1 off and they took it off, hoping for you to get into an accident. EVERY Toyota I've ever seen has 2 shocks in the back.....

 

it had to be thieves. maybe crack heads thought it was a cat converter?

 

Haha.. How does that truck ride?

 

haha, this thread needs pics.

 

I bet it doesn't ride that great ....... i got an 87 toyota pick up and it has TWO shocks... id look into gettin another lol

 

dammd you all... the truck rides fine on one side, and bounces on the other.
can't you all figure that out?

sorry, had to do it.

as you can see, everyone is saying you should have two shocks on the rear.

 

x2

 

I doubt you notice much of a difference with it off vs on. How long have you owned the truck? Chances the the previous owner busted a shock and just took it off.

 

thats what i was thinking to

 

I've driven several trucks ranging from a 78 Hilux (when I was 16), an 81 Luv, several Chev's and a 2000 Ford F250 and I could tell when a rear shock wasn't working properly.
So saying one won't notice a difference in ride implies the driver doesn't know his truck, which may be the case, but I can feel the roll in a truck when it has a faulty shock.

 

maybe your just more perceptive abe...

 

i drove with one shock for a week untill 2 days ago, jumped the truck and it landed with one tire at full droop and crushed the bumpstop on one side and tore the shock completely in half. damn RS5000's arent cheap either. bottom line it seems to ride much better with 2 though

 

what?

 

he means maybe your just more aware abe...


I had a shock bolt come off on the trail once.. drove the rest of the trail without it and drove home on the highway without it. Have a friend waiting to fix his rear lift and has jimmyrigged one shock in the rear to suffice till then.

It's not that bad really. and won't lead to an accident unless your a real moron

but you should have two =p

 

I know... I was just trying to be funny...
being told I was more perceptive, and then sayin 'what?' like I wasn't aware.

 

pics or ban!!!!!!!

 

I got it Abe and was laughing until Drew ruined our fun.

 

Yeah i have a blown shock on the rear passenger side and its easily noticeable and annoying.