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Mello_Mike
Aug 03, 2013Explorer
wintersun wrote:Mello Mike wrote:mooring product wrote:
If i recall the 5100s are for lifted trucks. Are you sure you have the proper shock on the truck?
I ran 5100 for 8 years with no issue.
Yes, the 5100s are for lifted trucks, the 4600s for unlifted trucks.
Bilstein makes 5100 shocks for trucks lifted 0" to 1.5" as well as ones for 4"-6" of lift.
If a seal failed and the fluid leaked out the remaining fluid could easily overheat along with the shock and it is going to fail. I had this with the factory shocks on a Chevy Tahoe SUV after only 22k miles of highway driving.
True, but I think it's very possible that RZAR was given the wrong 5100s which precipitated the failure.
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