Georgia Trail Riders Forum
SHOP TALK => Wrench Day => Topic started by: Trailabite on December 14, 2022, 03:57:34 PM
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I should be receiving my coilovers and bump stops, hopefully, next week. Anyone in the Roswell area familiar installing these and has a bottle of nitrogen and can help set them up? I will provide beer and pizza.
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I should be receiving my coilovers and bump stops, hopefully, next week. Anyone in the Roswell area familiar installing these and has a bottle of nitrogen and can help set them up? I will provide beer and pizza.
All you really need is nitrogen and a gauge setup that goes past 200psi
and jacks, and a lift, and 8 hands to hold spacers, and lots of patience. And beers. lots of beers.
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I should be receiving my coilovers and bump stops, hopefully, next week. Anyone in the Roswell area familiar installing these and has a bottle of nitrogen and can help set them up? I will provide beer and pizza.
I like both of those but will not be in the area. Do the coilovers already have springs on them?
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I should be receiving my coilovers and bump stops, hopefully, next week. Anyone in the Roswell area familiar installing these and has a bottle of nitrogen and can help set them up? I will provide beer and pizza.
I like both of those but will not be in the area. Do the coilovers already have springs on them?
I will have to reinstall the springs.
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I have the stuff, as long as I can find it in the mess.
glad to help out.
and in Roswell
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I’m traveling for work next week but you’re welcome to borrow my nitrogen setup. I’m not far from the Home Depot on 92
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I should be receiving my coilovers and bump stops, hopefully, next week. Anyone in the Roswell area familiar installing these and has a bottle of nitrogen and can help set them up? I will provide beer and pizza.
All you really need is nitrogen and a gauge setup that goes past 200psi
and jacks, and a lift, and 8 hands to hold spacers, and lots of patience. And beers. lots of beers.
I do love those spacers.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
They are 2.5. Also, these are not new ones. I took them off and had them rebuilt by Wizzo. So I have all the hardware to put them back on.
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Let me know when it’s going down and I’ll let you know if I can swing by
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
That is a great invention. Those spacer have made me throw thing repeatedly.
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Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
When I have famous people money like you do, I’ll buy 2.5’s. But until then, that’s a cool tool.
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Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
When I have famous people money like you do, I’ll buy 2.5’s. But until then, that’s a cool tool.
Don’t give up, you’ll get there one day
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I’ll help, I have no experience with them but would love to learn so I have an idea when I do mine
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
They are 2.5. Also, these are not new ones. I took them off and had them rebuilt by Wizzo. So I have all the hardware to put them back on.
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Correction - I have 2.0 shocks not 2.5.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
They are 2.5. Also, these are not new ones. I took them off and had them rebuilt by Wizzo. So I have all the hardware to put them back on.
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Correction - I have 2.0 shocks not 2.5.
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I was wondering... I coudnt see Kirk putting 2.5s on that rig
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Well, shocks didn't ship last week. I will pick them up over the Christmas weekend. And, the installation will be a little slower as well. I may need to order new springs.
From what I read and have confirmed with the shock guru (Wizzo) is that the bottom springs should be 2" longer than the shock. Currently, both top and bottoms are the same length on all shocks. And, I might as well go through the process of verifying the spring rates.
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I would listen to the guy. Your body will appreciate it when it is done.
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Is there a such thing a tuning air shocks?
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Is there a such thing a tuning air shocks?
Not to hijack chucks thread, but yes. You can change rebound and compression valving, oil thickness and volume, and air pressure. I redid my rears recently and there's a post or two on my build thread
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Thanks to those that offerd, but I'm not going to need any nitrogen. They were already charged when I picked them up.
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Did you supply them your specs?
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Did you supply them your specs?
Nothing specific. This guy Wizzo is the man that knows all there is about coilovers. He does whatever he does to the shock itself and then he works with you to determine the correct spring rates and then some fine tuning to finish it off.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
For those that dont want to order these, you can use some thick grease and the spacers will "stick" to the shock eyes to get them slid into place. The Goatbilt pins are actually kinda a pain sometimes to get the bolt lined up with and then you have to drive them out with a hammer bc the detent is pretty stout.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
For those that dont want to order these, you can use some thick grease and the spacers will "stick" to the shock eyes to get them slid into place. The Goatbilt pins are actually kinda a pain sometimes to get the bolt lined up with and then you have to drive them out with a hammer bc the detent is pretty stout.
Agreed, I bought them years ago, not sure I ever really used them or thought they were that much easier. They are not lost in one of the drawers or some unlabeled box of parts.
sometimes a simple punch will do the trick as well.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
For those that dont want to order these, you can use some thick grease and the spacers will "stick" to the shock eyes to get them slid into place. The Goatbilt pins are actually kinda a pain sometimes to get the bolt lined up with and then you have to drive them out with a hammer bc the detent is pretty stout.
I thought about using grease but my tabs seem to be tight and it takes a little love tap to get the shock in place and I wasn't sure if the grease would be sticky enough for that. At the same time, I already now I'm going to have a problem with one shock on getting that pin out.
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
For those that dont want to order these, you can use some thick grease and the spacers will "stick" to the shock eyes to get them slid into place. The Goatbilt pins are actually kinda a pain sometimes to get the bolt lined up with and then you have to drive them out with a hammer bc the detent is pretty stout.
I thought about using grease but my tabs seem to be tight and it takes a little love tap to get the shock in place and I wasn't sure if the grease would be sticky enough for that. At the same time, I already now I'm going to have a problem with one shock on getting that pin out.
Take a large persuasion hammer to those tabs and open them up slightly to give yourself some wiggle room going in, then your bolt will draw the tabs back up
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Goatbilt has this tool that makes it much easier to install 2.0 shocks. https://goatbuilt.com/product/shock-spacer-install-tool/
Or buy 2.5 shocks and not worry about it since the spacers slide into the shock eyes
I bought a set of those little suckers. They help out quite a bit…for us 2.0 poor people
Went to install the shocks yesterday, ordered these today lol.
Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
For those that dont want to order these, you can use some thick grease and the spacers will "stick" to the shock eyes to get them slid into place. The Goatbilt pins are actually kinda a pain sometimes to get the bolt lined up with and then you have to drive them out with a hammer bc the detent is pretty stout.
I thought about using grease but my tabs seem to be tight and it takes a little love tap to get the shock in place and I wasn't sure if the grease would be sticky enough for that. At the same time, I already now I'm going to have a problem with one shock on getting that pin out.
Take a large persuasion hammer to those tabs and open them up slightly to give yourself some wiggle room going in, then your bolt will draw the tabs back up
Sage advice.
I always beat mine before I stick one in.
Wayment
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Amen