Mr. Beam

Hi,

I see no logical way to mount this shiny washer. Where does it go ?





/ Mr. Beam

-73 454, TH400, PS, PB, soon with Street&Slalom Kit

tellcom2001

its extra had the same on my shocks

63mako

I need a set of them washers!! My bilsteins were bought used and I have the rubbers but no washers. Sell them? If so PM me.

Mr. Beam

Thanks,
I started to conclude that as well, but it looked almost like it could possibly be used for preventing the rubber gromets from being extruded through the mounting holes in the frame or something similar.

63mako: This is were it gets strange because the hole of that particular washer is bigger than the other ones, so it just slides past the stop in the piston shaft. Can you still use them ?


/ Mr. Beam

Scott Marzahl

The thin shinny washer is simply a cover to add some "bling" to the top of the thick washer.

63mako

Yes. I have the 2 bottom washers but am missing the top ones. These would work on the top with the nut over it and there is not much pressure on the top washer.

69 Convertible

Mr Beam, I have a 69 vert and bought the Bilstien sport. I had the same question. In my case, the mechanic said to put the black washer first, then the rubber and then put the silver one on top of the rubber with the raised portion facing up. The purpose is when you put the shock in , the silver washer with the raised hole fits in the shock tower preventing the shock shaft from shifting around. Then the rubber and the gold washer on top. Not sure if your year has a preformed cap for the rubber to do the same thing.

Tony

yukon988

Mr. Beam,

I'm curious to know what you ended up doing. I have the same delima right now. The choices from this thread seem to be its either:

a. extra
b. bling to cover up black washer
c. aligns the shock to the shock tower

I originally thought c but after installing it, it just doesn't look right.

pws69

I just put a set in my 69 last night!

I'm Batman

It goes on top of the lower bushing to keep everything aligned. The papers that come with the Bilstein shocks have a diagram.

I replaced the rubber bushings with some ES sway bar end link bushings from AutoZone. They have steps molded in to keep the shaft centered in the hole.