Shock absorbers, front and rear, heavy duty

Years 1963–00 Models 12 Factory citations 62

Also described as Heavy-Duty Shock AbsorbersShock absorber equipmentHeavy-duty shock absorbersHD front & rear shock absorbersHD shock absorbers

Also documented for Cadillac GMC

Documented applications

Corvette (C3)

1979 Factory-verified

$33.00; 2,164 built (price and count: Corvette Black Book)

GM Heritage factory kit — 1979 Chevrolet Corvette, p.34.
1980 Factory-verified

$35.00; 1,695 built

GM Heritage factory kit — 1980 Chevrolet Corvette, p.59.
1981 Factory-verified

$37.00; 1,128 built

GM Heritage factory kit — 1981 Chevrolet Corvette, p.5.

Nova / Chevy II

1963 Single-source

C/K Trucks

1963–66 Factory-verified

GM Heritage factory kit — 1963 Chevrolet Truck, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1964 Chevrolet Truck, p.15.
1967–72 Confirmed

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1973–82 Confirmed

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Astro — First generation (1985–1994)

1986–1990 Factory-verified

GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.15.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.28.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.9.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.14.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.8.

S-10 Blazer — First generation (1983–1994)

1983–1989, 1991–1992, 1994 Factory-verified

not with Z71 or ZM6

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.8.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.10.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.31.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.9.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.45.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.9.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Blazer, p.18.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.18.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.19.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet S 10 Blazer, p.23.

C/K pickup — GMT400 (1988–2000)

1988–2000 Factory-verified

GM factory document — 1998 chevrolet chevy c pickup 2wd rpo code list, p.1.
GM factory document — 1999 chevrolet chevy c pickup 2wd rpo code list, p.1.
GM factory document — 2000 chevrolet chevy c pickup 2wd rpo code list, p.1.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Truck, p.141.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Truck, p.33.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Truck, p.37.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Truck, p.36.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Truck, p.34.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Truck, p.14.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Truck, p.8.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Truck, p.13.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Truck, p.24.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Truck, p.25.

C/K pickup — Square body (1983–1991)

1984–1987 Factory-verified

GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Truck, p.46.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Truck, p.44.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Truck, p.157.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Truck, p.59.

Chevy Van — Second generation G-series (1983–1996)

1983, 1984, 1986, 1988 Factory-verified

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Vandura, p.17.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet G Van, p.18.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet G Van, p.28.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Vandura, p.23.

S-10 pickup — First generation (1982–1993)

1982–1993 Factory-verified

1982 from the trailering requirement remark

GM Heritage factory kit — 1982 Chevrolet S 10, p.10.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet S 10, p.30.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet S 10, p.19.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet S 10, p.25.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet S 10, p.17.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet S 10, p.24.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet S 10, p.20.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet S 10, p.48.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet S 10, p.30.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet S 10, p.22.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet S 10, p.17.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet S 10, p.10.

Suburban — GMT400 (1992–1999)

1998–1999 Factory-verified

GM factory document — 1998 chevrolet chevy suburban 2wd rpo code list, p.1.
GM factory document — 1999 chevrolet chevy suburban 2wd rpo code list, p.1.

Suburban — Square body (1983–1991)

1984–1987, 1989 Factory-verified

only in: C10/R10 (standard on 20/2500); included with Z82; the 1988 pages name F51 only as Z82 package content, so 1988 is left out

GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Suburban, p.23.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1985 Chevrolet Suburban, p.20.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1986 Chevrolet Suburban, p.21.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Suburban, p.27.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Suburban, p.17.

Tahoe — GMT400 (1995–1999)

1998–1999 Factory-verified

GM factory document — 1998 chevrolet tahoe 2wd rpo code list, p.1.
GM factory document — 1999 chevrolet tahoe 2wd rpo code list, p.1.

This page aggregates every documented appearance of F51 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.