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cannesdo
Explorer
Feb 21, 2016

Next issue...leaf spring unseated during u-bolt removal...

My old shocks are discontinued. My new shocks have longer studs so I have to remove the plate under the u-bolts (above the u-bolt nuts) in order to install them. There is what I thought was a bolt i...
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eHoefler
Explorer II
Feb 23, 2016
cannesdo wrote:
Question...Should the bushings on the shocks be pressed together so that they are bulging out a little or not? They are very secure and I pushed them a little past just solid. It didn't seem right to make them push out to far. I shook them very well and they are really secure. I will check the nuts often for the first few months.


Tighten the nuts until the rubber bushing is the diameter of the washers.

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