Hey guys, I've been doing a little maintenance on the Excursion, and bought some KYB MonoMax shock for my 2003 4X4 V10, stock suspension.

This afternoon while doing the rotors/brakes/calipers, I noticed it appears there are bushings, and/or washers on the stock shocks.

Where do I find this hardware? Nothing came with the KYB shocks other than the shocks/boots/zip ties and stickers.

Thanks in advance

 

The new KYBs don't have the rubber bushings in the mounting eyes?

 

They do.

Am I overthinking this, lol.

 

If there are no bushings in your new shocks you need to call the vendor who sold them to you. Should have bushings

 

Maybe I don't fully understand what you are asking then....
You will be reusing the bolts and any washers that are on the existing shocks (as long as they are not damaged), so if the KYBs have their bushings included (and the top of the rears have the cross "T") you should be good to go!

 

I think I was looking at cracked rubber in the washers. I don't know to what extent they cracked yet, maybe it's normal, just wanted to make sure no other parts are necessary before I started the project. I'm changing them out while wifey is away at work, and thus no second car to chase parts.

I'm 100% the KYB's are complete, including the cross "T".

 

If you can take some picture of what you are talking about, we can let you know for sure and put your mind at ease. Many of us have done several sets in our lifetime but I am not sure what you are referring to either.

 

== Thanks guys ==

I see the washers on the bottom shocks; the top looks easy enough.

Sorry to bug, but thanks for your quick replies.

 

Well, that was pretty uneventful and simple enough.

Since I didn't have any kite string (or twine) to compress the front shocks that did not come strapped, I improvised and used zip ties.

I looped them together, and it worked out well. Tightening the zip tie loops allowed for a lot of height control of the shock. One adjustment and the shock slid on fine, and then I duplicated the same number and size of the zip tie loops on the other shock and it went on fine, the first time.

Thanks again guys.