03-30-2017, 11:24 AM | #1 |
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Shock Repair
So, there was a slight incident with overtightening a shock bolt on Mike's E90 (wasn't me!). Unfortunately, this was a Bilstein PSS10 damper, and Bilstein's excellent customer service response was "Fuck you, buy another set. We won't even sell you the individual shock."
While we were noodling repairing it, I pinged a friend about a couple of different approaches to solving the problem. Basically, this came down to either carefully and very slowly welding a bolt to the end, or drilling/tapping and shoving a stud in. His opinion was that the weld on option would probably work, but that it was a last resort. And also that he could knock out a "good enough" drill guide and get it done in about 15 minutes, so I should just bring it over after work. Making the drill guide: Chopping off the end of the shock: Drill guide rigged up (if this was going to get more than a couple uses, a drill bushing would be good, but not needed here): Drilled: Studded: Eric:
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03-30-2017, 11:26 AM | #2 |
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Very nice shop he has there. That's good work
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03-30-2017, 11:34 AM | #3 |
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By his standard, it was hugely half assed. Way better and a lot faster than it would have been for me to do it, though.
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03-30-2017, 11:36 AM | #4 |
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That's cool.
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03-30-2017, 10:49 PM | #5 |
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I am not sure how Eric and I are not friends. We shared circles in the 80s. We share circles today. I don't think we've ever met.
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03-31-2017, 10:22 AM | #6 |
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Mistakes were made?
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04-01-2017, 12:39 PM | #7 |
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I don't know...just one of those weird things.
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04-01-2017, 01:48 PM | #8 |
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My main takeaway from this thread is: Don't buy Bilstein.
Well, that and: whoa cool. |
04-01-2017, 04:05 PM | #9 |
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Bilstein makes really good dampers actually. I don't like their lack of adjustability but they're very high quality and durable monotubes.
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04-01-2017, 04:07 PM | #10 |
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That's a seriously good "there I fixed it"
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