Application of shock - P/N 4984552

[Dan Belsvig]

I am looking for the application of a shock with the following part number: P/N 4984552. It appears as if the shock is for a front end application. Any help or input you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dan Belsvig

[Joe L.]

Re: Application of shock - P/N 4984552

Dan-----

Sorry, I can't help you on this one. But I can tell you this: I don't believe that this was a part number ever used on a Chevrolet application----possibly Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac. Also, it is probably a VERY old number. This part number was most likely discontinued before 1962.

[Dan Belsvig]

Re: Application of shock - P/N 4984552

Joe,

I forgot to mention something that may be of importance in helping to solve this shock application question. There is a date on the shocks and it is the following; 171 79. Let me know if this is of any further help in determining what these shocks are for.

Thanks,

Dan Belsvig

[Joe L.]

Re: Application of shock - P/N 4984552

Dan----

Yes, that date helps a lot. Together with the research I've alredy done, we now know more about the shock. The Julian date indicates that the shocks were manufactured in mid-June of 1979. From the research that I've alredy done, I know that this part number was not discontinued from the GM SERVICE parts system between 1962 and the present. I also know that it is not currently available in the GM Service parts system. Coupled with the fact that this shock was manufactured in 1979, that means that either it was never available as a service part under this number or it was a production-only(assembly line) part, never released for service.

Either of these two could be the case. Very often, service part numbers for shocks are different than the actual part number on the shock inside the package. Not always, though. In the case of the other shock that I posted info on previously, that shock was used in production and available in service under the same part number and that part number was the same one as embossed on the shock body.

Also, very often shocks used in production are never available in service. Even during the production year of the vehicle, if you order shocks, you get a different part number than the one which was originally fitted to the car on the assmbly line.

Consequently, it is most likely that the shocks you are interested in were an assembly line part. That makes researching it MUCH more difficult. However, if you are interested in whether or not it has Corvette application, that shouldn't be too difficult. Since we know that it was produced during mid June of 1979, that means, if it was ever used on a Corvette as an assembly line part, it could only have been destined for a 1979 or, possibly, 1980 model. Simply check a 1979 and 1980 Corvette AIM. If that part number appears in either one of them, the mystery is solved. If it doesn't, it probably means that it was used on some other 1979 or 1980 GM product. I'm away from my references, so I can't do this check and I'll be going out of town for a few days so I won't be able to check soon. Perhaps someone else out there with a 1979 or 1980 AIM could check this out.