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The skinny on the Inexpensive Hop Fix
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<blockquote data-quote="badboy" data-source="post: 1907922" data-attributes="member: 21394"><p>I just finished my installation and here are the issues I ran into:</p><p>1. When I pulled the "male" part of the top Bilstein rubber bushing off the shaft, the steel sleve stayed on the shaft. It was crimped around a groove in the shaft to keep it from coming off. I had to work on that with a hammer and screw driver to force it off.</p><p></p><p>2. When attempting to cut 3/8" off the sleve, I discovered it seems to be case hardened. The hack saw wouldn't scratch it. I had to use a grinder to cut the part.</p><p></p><p>3. When I tried to put the thin stainless washers that came with the BF kit onto the lower bolts, they wouldn't go. Too small by about .008 on the ID. This required grinding them out with a Dremel grinder. </p><p></p><p>4. Using the old Bilstein top rubber bushing did not work well. It squished out when the top nut was tightened. I modified the Strange rubber bushing per Postban and that worked well.</p><p></p><p>5. The setting on the shocks are supposed to be 1 to 10 but there seems to be only 5 or so clicks from one extreme to the other. I set mine two clicks down from the max but I'm not sure what that setting represents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="badboy, post: 1907922, member: 21394"] I just finished my installation and here are the issues I ran into: 1. When I pulled the "male" part of the top Bilstein rubber bushing off the shaft, the steel sleve stayed on the shaft. It was crimped around a groove in the shaft to keep it from coming off. I had to work on that with a hammer and screw driver to force it off. 2. When attempting to cut 3/8" off the sleve, I discovered it seems to be case hardened. The hack saw wouldn't scratch it. I had to use a grinder to cut the part. 3. When I tried to put the thin stainless washers that came with the BF kit onto the lower bolts, they wouldn't go. Too small by about .008 on the ID. This required grinding them out with a Dremel grinder. 4. Using the old Bilstein top rubber bushing did not work well. It squished out when the top nut was tightened. I modified the Strange rubber bushing per Postban and that worked well. 5. The setting on the shocks are supposed to be 1 to 10 but there seems to be only 5 or so clicks from one extreme to the other. I set mine two clicks down from the max but I'm not sure what that setting represents. [/QUOTE]
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