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Bilstein 5100 Shock install with VIDEO!!!
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installed my 5100's today. went ok. only had one snafu on the last shock and the last twist of the wrench. always happens like that. the last screw, or the last bolt or the last part always have greif associated with them. whoever wrote that rule need to be shot.
took longer than hoped for but i wasnt in a rush and spent much time tool hunting. did the swap at 230 miles on the truck, all of them extended back to full length, although quite slow. nothing close to the bilsteins. also you may be interested to hear that my left rear rancho was blown and leaking!!
pics to follow shortly
took longer than hoped for but i wasnt in a rush and spent much time tool hunting. did the swap at 230 miles on the truck, all of them extended back to full length, although quite slow. nothing close to the bilsteins. also you may be interested to hear that my left rear rancho was blown and leaking!!
pics to follow shortly
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installed my 5100's today. went ok. only had one snafu on the last shock and the last twist of the wrench. always happens like that. the last screw, or the last bolt or the last part always have greif associated with them. whoever wrote that rule need to be shot.
took longer than hoped for but i wasnt in a rush and spent much time tool hunting. did the swap at 230 miles on the truck, all of them extended back to full length, although quite slow. nothing close to the bilsteins. also you may be interested to hear that my left rear rancho was blown and leaking!!
pics to follow shortly
took longer than hoped for but i wasnt in a rush and spent much time tool hunting. did the swap at 230 miles on the truck, all of them extended back to full length, although quite slow. nothing close to the bilsteins. also you may be interested to hear that my left rear rancho was blown and leaking!!
pics to follow shortly
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Originally Posted by Tuxedo Scorpion;[URL="tel:11714386"
11714386[/URL]]i had a feeling it was something along those lines. sorry its late here. when i hear someone say wire tie i think of zip tie. as opposed to safety wire. i dont do much safety wire on my truck, but i did safety my boat anchor shackle
I too Safety wire the pin on a shackle for items like that.
Have a good night and enjoy your new Baby.
#195
btw, figured i might as well share my snafu on the bilstein install to prevent anyone else from having the same thing happen. on the front(s), the top of the shaft will allow a 6mm hex driver to prevent the shaft from turning while torquing. well...on the last turn of the ratchet wrench, i accidentally applied some sideways force aka "english" on my hex driver ( i was using a socket drive hex on a 3/8 ratchet) and sure enough, due to the extremely thin sidewall, the hex broke through a side of the shaft. very minor, more of a small split. just enough to make the internal wrenching feature useless, and p*ss me off for a while. Luckily final torque had been set and the only other time this could present an issue is when removal is needed. (hopefully a long time). but when its time to remove the shock i can always just clamp on the the shaft with a vice grip cause clearly i wont care about the shock if its being replaced.
probably the worst of the outcome was that i knew i had a flaw and i stopped at autozone and picked up some nice rubber vacuum caps to go over the shaft(s). gave it a real nice finished look and helped me forget about my slip. oh well. hope this helps someone else avoid the same.
probably the worst of the outcome was that i knew i had a flaw and i stopped at autozone and picked up some nice rubber vacuum caps to go over the shaft(s). gave it a real nice finished look and helped me forget about my slip. oh well. hope this helps someone else avoid the same.