Technical Bilstein front shocks - howto?
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Technical Bilstein front shocks - howto?
The Irish version of this is 'torque it until your elbow clicks'rallycinq said:
I went the non-advised route for removing the shock tops by undoing everything and f***ing it at the floor - works a treat but stuff flies everywhere. Don't do it this way children, its all good fun until someone loses an eye - I have no regard for my personal safety.
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Pretty please tell me one more thing. What size thread this is (I mean the "jump" of the thread, not the diameter). I was at a store (non-car store though, those close by 12 on sat. here) today where they had tons of thread dies (hq too), but they said this is not a standard size (for them) and they cannot help me.
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Woj
Cheers,
Woj
Its all fair enough undoing the top nut, with your foot against the top bearing, making the shock and spring fly across the garden... 
But you will need spring compressors to get the new spring on!
But you will need spring compressors to get the new spring on!
I fitted -40mm Bilsteins to the car and didn't need spring compressors to get it all back together. But I am very strong and technically brilliantHellcat said:Its all fair enough undoing the top nut, with your foot against the top bearing, making the shock and spring fly across the garden...
But you will need spring compressors to get the new spring on!
NOT! Again, the spring didn't fly off anywhere and the ball bearings fell about the floor but were easy to find and refit.Woj - those guys are lying - it is a standard metric thread and although I have used a digital caliper to measure my Bilstein in the dark I am certain it is an M12x1mm thread i.e. it has a 1mm pitch.
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cinqsandminis said:
We have a similar engineering statement for torque, as in 'tighten it till it snaps, then back it off half a turn'
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woj said:
Sorry, I though you were Dutch, your english is so much better than most on here!!
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They claimed the stuff they had was non-metric (pitch-wise) . The guy showed me a screw for which they have the thread die and indeed it was different pitch. I don't know enough about screws (shows ha, messed up one that was supposed to be tough ) and screw making so I did not argue. /Woj
. The guy showed me a screw for which they have the thread die and indeed it was different pitch. I don't know enough about screws (shows ha, messed up one that was supposed to be tough ) and screw making so I did not argue. /Woj
I would expect a tool shop over here to have imperial thread dies, but I suspect that your man had something like 12x1.5 which is a coarser thread than 12x 1.
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Non-metric? In the middle of Holland? Shurely schmoking shomething? I would expect the worst tool shop in the world to have M12x1.5 but be able to source or direct you to M12x1.0. It sounds like you arrived at five minutes to closing and they weren't interested.woj said:
/off topic/ I was in my local auto factors yesterday when this old dear with a sky blue metallic '97 Cinq S comes in with a red rear bumper off a Sporting looking for an aerosol can of sky blue to paint it with. Sure enough the bumper on hers was in bits but can you imagine what it looks like by now? /off topic/
Sooo, you would not believe it, but I got money back from Bilstein for the broken shock.
Moreover, when I took it off to give it back to them for inspection two weeks ago (got a new one immediately, but had to pay for it and wait for them to decide if they will replace it for free) and took a closer look at the broken thread it actually did not look so good at all.
In any case, 75 euro in my pocket, time for some more work...
Cheers,
Woj
Moreover, when I took it off to give it back to them for inspection two weeks ago (got a new one immediately, but had to pay for it and wait for them to decide if they will replace it for free) and took a closer look at the broken thread it actually did not look so good at all.
In any case, 75 euro in my pocket, time for some more work...
Cheers,
Woj
