Re: Shocks from a popular vendor have fit issues....

Posted by HH56 On 2011/6/13 13:39:16

As to the shocks, I don't know how much to fault the Packard vendor vs the manufacturer of the shocks. Granted, it would be nice if our vendors verified things fit before offering them for sale but realistically unless they take them out and find one of each model to fit them to before advertising them, some give and take is required.

Case in point is 55 and 56 shocks:

I just went to the Monroe website, entered the same car (Patrician) for 55 and 56 & got the same shocks listed for both. We know the 56 does not use the same front mount as a 55 yet there is no indication of that and as far as Monroe is concerned, they do. I didn't see Clippers even listed yet I think RockAuto lists the same Monroe shock used on all models from 51 on. Obviously they are relying on data from somewhere else. I'd be surprised if most of their people had even seen a Packard, let alone one of each model.

As to the problem you encountered, possibly the same thing happened there from that mfg.