I heard an awful thumping sound coming from the rear of my 4runner today. I got home and jacked it up, then saw that the shock had a ring of rusty steel on the top of it. My rear, top shock mount has rusted through. My shock is only attached to the bottom mount, and obviously just bouncing around in what is left of the old mount....

WHERE on earth can I get what I need to fix this???

WHAT do I need to fix this? Is there a weld in available from toyota??

Anyone else have this happen to them??

Thanks,
Jason
8AhCK

 

BUMP- Anyone ever have a broken/rusted out top shock mount on the rear of their 2nd gen 4runner???

 

wow, i live in a desert and it rained allot this year, i think like 3" haha. so i dont understand rust. but i would think you can make your own if your feeling confident, other then that i would not know where to get one, sorry.

 

I found the weld in panel (it's part # 51302‑35030 BRACKET SUB-ASSY, REAR SPRING, REAR LH RN13*, VZN13*..JPP 1 $173.69)


It's the whole weld in piece that is also the top coil spring mount. The coil spring area on mine is fine, Is there a way to just maybe weld a piece of good steel over the area where mine is all rusted out and drill or punch a hole for the bolt on the top of the shock to go through?

 

If there's enough metal on there, you can weld a piece of metal with a hole drilled for shock bolt. Another idea is go to a hardware store and see if you can find a thick washer and weld that on.