1993 Roady-man
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Join date : 2009-05-26
Age : 57
Location : Hogansburg, Ny 13655
 | Subject: Bilstien Shock issue  Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:52 pm | |
| So I've had these shocks laying around my shop for almost 3 years so I decided to install them. Well one of them squeaks, and you literally can hear ever bump in the road. Has anyone else ever had this problem? | |
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Andebe
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Join date : 2013-02-20
Age : 55
Location : Centerville, IN
| | Subject: Re: Bilstien Shock issue Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:58 am | |
| Had some Koni's like that once,sprayed the bejesus out of them with WD40 short lived fix.  Replaced the near by spring seats,quieted down considerably. I guess my point is,its like an orchestra down there,lots of moving pieces adding to the sound. | |
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1993 Roady-man
Posts : 2126
Join date : 2009-05-26
Age : 57
Location : Hogansburg, Ny 13655
| | Subject: Re: Bilstien Shock issue Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:43 pm | |
| It went away for a little while the other day and I was like awesome, that was short lived. | |
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brokecello
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Join date : 2009-05-28
Age : 46
Location : Greenville, SC
| | Subject: Re: Bilstien Shock issue Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:18 pm | |
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Did you clean the shafts off before you installed them? I would guess there would be a lot of stuff on there if they were sitting uncompressed in your shop. I've never had a squeaky one before though.
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1993 Roady-man
Posts : 2126
Join date : 2009-05-26
Age : 57
Location : Hogansburg, Ny 13655
| | Subject: Re: Bilstien Shock issue Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:49 am | |
| Last night I took it apart again and I flipped the one rubber that has the sleeve on it. So maybe the shaft was rubbing against the frame. | |
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