This is what I was greeted with tonight when removing the LF wheel, my rig up oK?
10-08-2007, 10:23 PM
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This is what I was greeted with tonight when removing the LF wheel, my rig up oK?
Not sure how this happened... I guess this is the bumpstop. I zip-tied in in place for now as I'm running VIR this weekend.
Before my last track event I noticed the blue dust boot was out of it's slot and had dropped down. At the time I didn't realize that meant the bump stop was out of place. I just slid the blue boot back up and went on.
I'll be getting new shocks or going nuts w/ coil-overs soon as these have 40k on them now.
10-09-2007, 08:56 AM
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Is that rubber piece the bump stop?
Is my rig job ok for now?
I guess I should replace the shocks as they have 40k on them.... no?
Is that rubber piece the bump stop?
Is my rig job ok for now?
I guess I should replace the shocks as they have 40k on them.... no?
10-09-2007, 10:29 AM
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^ How do you replace it? The metal piece at the top of the shock shaft that the bushings sit on and the dust shield sits on is fixed right?
10-09-2007, 10:49 AM
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You have to remove the top nut and pull the top bushings out. Then you will see a small c-clip on the shaft. Remove that(pain in the Azz) then pull out everything on the shaft and replace the bump stop. Sounds like fun right???
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10-09-2007, 01:35 PM
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^ Oh... so then I don't need to buy new shocks... sweet. I have 40k on these. I run 3-6 HPDEs a year... so these might have 9 or 10 HPDEs on them and the rest street miles.
Think it's time to send them to Bilstien for a re-fresh?
Think it's time to send them to Bilstien for a re-fresh?
10-09-2007, 03:15 PM
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Thanks.... my car is lowered w/ the stock adjustments. It makes sense that the LF would go first as I mostly run VIR which is mostly right hand turns.