Rear suspension issues after changing shocks

[jswilliams]

Really hoping someone can give some insight into this as auto shops are not being very helpful. A while back I broke a shock. I drove on it minimally just a few times not knowing it had happened then took it in to the shop. They replaced the shocks but when I got it back the rear suspension was acting up.

Basically what it does is clunk down hard any time I’m coming off a bump. Basically how I would describe it is if you took a standard passenger car and drive right off a curb. The rear would not come down gently it would just swiftly clunk down off the curb. That is what my 4runner is doing now. Any type of off-roading where the back comes off of a bump the whole rear ended just slams down instead of bouncing down gently like it used to.

I told the shop about it and they claimed to tune up the shocks whatever that means. The problem did improve a little but it’s still there. I took it to another shop and he said something about the sway bar or control arm being unbolted and that that might fix it. I said great but then it turned out he was looking in the front when the problem is in the rear.

It’s 2006 4runner . Would appreciate any advice or insight. Supposedly it has a slight maybe 1” lift but I’ve never confirmed that.

 

[Deuxdiesel]

It sounds like you are getting BS'ed a bunch. What shocks did they put in? Maybe they are too long or too short or improperly valved? Did they put back the coil correctly? Unless you have some sort of adjustable shock now, you don't really "tune up" a shock. It sounds like you either need to find a competent dealer or independent shop because this sounds fishy.

 

[EHNWI]

If you have the time and want to try to figure it out yourself, I would watch a bunch of videos on 4th gen suspension installs and pay attention to the components. While doing that look at your components and make sure everything is in how it should be. If you have a 1 inch lift I would assume it's in the front. Could be a spacer or bigger coils on oem. Hard to tell without photos.