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joebedford
Jul 06, 2013Nomad III
joebedford wrote:Did the suspension upgrade on the other side of my rig today. Learned some things:
1) Make sure all the grease fittings are completely screwed in before installation. One came off after installation and it was a b****h to reinsert after installation of the equalizer (that I didn't want to take off again).
2) hammering the bolts in is tricky. I thought they were tight but under some circumstances they grabbed but didn't pull down tight to the head.
3) the left side was harder to do because the drain pipes are in the way of two of the bolts. I had to mount those with the grease fittings 'out' - all the rest are in (better access for my configuration). Couldn't use my torque wrench on those. Made best guess.
4) took the opportunity to look at other stuff: the strap holding the rear drain pipe is broken and the strap holding the generator exhaust is about to break.
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