Question about shock absorbers installation

[Sasha Zee]

I'm building my first kit, and I'm not sure if I installed shock absorbers correctly.

There's a gap between arm and shock absorber. Is it OK? Well, the screw doesn't go further anyway -- shock absorber meets suspension arm. What bothers me more is I'm afraid the whole thing will break -- the screws will just go out. However, the manual says it's the way it should be...

 

[Sasha Zee]

OMG I just realized that I'm a complete moron. I did everything wrong! Fixed, now all is OK.

 

[olds97_lss]

Yeah, the shock end should go inside the arm slot so both the front and rear of the screw are captured by the arm.

Like here on my jato: