I find it very interesting. My 7/15/21 build does not show under this Recall. There have been oddities with my specific build for some reason. When received in Aug/21, it also had a 1.0 MIC top, and did not show up under the CSPs. Had to really fight to get it swapped out.
When I get a chance, I can measure shaft length (travel) of these vs the OEM Non-SAS BL HOSS. If the target crowd is going after 35-37" tires, I assume they would limit jounce by some bit. Ford usually has the up limit of the suspension bumped on the shock, where Nissan/Toyota have bumps on the...
Likely clamping force. Just like wheels, if you get the clamping force high enough the bolt shouldn't be in shear. Someone likely picked the bolt size for worst case shear loads, and then added a pre-load torque to clamp it up.
Same size bolt on the lower front shock on my 2013 F-150. It also...
Likely to get clamping force. The larger the thread, the higher the torque needed to attain the same force. FWIW, I retorqued mine to 250 ft-lb. Hasn't moved in a few weeks. Thought about borrowing a wrench from work as we have a few that go over 1000 but then I'd need to find a 3/4" drive...
I did not. Took it to 250.
I guarantee most others did not either. Most torque wrenches go to 250 max. My work has big ones that go to just under 1000 with doublers and they're literally 8 feet long.
I would be curious if others were able to source a high enough wrench.
@fordguru what did you...
Looks good. Looks like you got a front set with the long hoses, so you should be good.
The rear was a PITA to get the lower bolt out. OEM Specs say 350 ft-lb and I believe it. My impact wouldn't budge it.
Yes. It's the 4WP rear bumper. I can take some pictures for you.
It's nice. the only issue I have is the alignment with the read quarter panel. Doesn't sit parallel. Some people have the same issue, others do not.
The other day at work, a gear head friend said, "So when ya' putting 35s on it?" Told him I plan to stay 33. He was "uhhh yeah. So when you putting 35's on it?" :ROFLMAO:
Finally got my Kings installed. Set at 0 preload up front and about 1/2 in the rear. Set like this from King.
got about 2.25” lift up front and about .75 in the rear. Winch and bumper up front so would be around 3 with stock bumper.
Front shocks were about .75” longer than OEM and rears were...
I’ve seen one video on Exp replacement shocks. Rear looked ok, but front shocks are severely under-damped. Compression and rebound. The vehicle was sent, but this was the result.