The parts now sold by shop4parts now come like the above - it's clear that you have to push the end of the bump stop into the rubber boot, but I can't find any way to do so. Brute force, heat, soap, even took it to a garage who couldn't work it out. Has anyone found a way to assemble them? This is how the Original Birth ones come as a fair warning, car has been up on a couple of jacks and an axle stand for a whole week now due to this.
Technical Unassembled shock covers - how?
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Unassembled shock covers - how?
The parts now sold by shop4parts now come like the above - it's clear that you have to push the end of the bump stop into the rubber boot, but I can't find any way to do so. Brute force, heat, soap, even took it to a garage who couldn't work it out. Has anyone found a way to assemble them? This is how the Original Birth ones come as a fair warning, car has been up on a couple of jacks and an axle stand for a whole week now due to this.
Not sure what you're showing me there - I know the completed assembly just pushes onto the shock, the problem is the bump stop and boot aren't assembled and no amount of force etc is working. I started to consider exhaust pipe expanders or something. The boot rubber is closer to slightly flexible plastic, there's almost no give in it at all.
It's supposed to push over the end part of the bump stop. I think the key problem is the type of plastic they've used, I can't see any way past a metal tube and an industrial press at this point. Ordered some Febi ones instead from somewhere that claimed 24hr delivery 2 days ago and they haven't even posted them yet...
Aren't the ones you bought for different part no. shock absorber? Like different size?
Can you post picture with what you have now, how are they not fitting?
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white plastic up, over the piston bot on last. The boot needs to be fixed maybe you may require a cable tie. Thwe base of the gaiter needs to cover the top of the shock tube even when extended. and keep the piston and damper top coverd. Make sure the gaiter is fixed to the bump stop. Fiat parts do this clipping together pattern parts may not and will rattle and not do the job if not tied in.
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Problem solved, took it to Kwik Fit, they didn't have a special tool but they did have a lad with determination and brute strength. They didn't charge me either, so I'll make a note to use them for tyres (needed on the front fairly soon).
Some Febi ones turned up today that I'd ordered believing the Birth ones were a dead end. The shape is basically identical, they come preassembled and the rubber part is actually rubber instead of a thin plastic, I could have assembled it myself if need be. Vastly superior option.
I used Febi when I did ours many years ago
