What do you know I got one right LOL!
I see the spring perch has a small hole in it. Is that for a lower shock relocation bracket? Did he flex enough to still hit the shock on the frame?
Actually, that hole is there from the factory but, we were planning to install a shock relocation bracket and it would have been used.
To answer your other question, yes, the King shocks are HUGE and when flexing big on the trail, they were making contact with the frame and that was causing the shafts to bend.