Matt,
I installed them on my 98 CC 4x2 last month. So far no problems with the
stock bolts. Did both bolts break off at the heads? One thing I noticed is
that the cross bar that goes thorough the eye of the shock tube is a little
shorter than the one on the stock shocks. This causes the cross bar to not
be perfectly centered when the 2 bolts are tightened. Could the cross bar
not being centered between the 2 mounting bolts cause extra stress on the
bolt heads?
Where you able to tighten the upper nut on the front shock to the factory
recommended torque specification? I tried when I installed them but the
rubber grommets where flatten out down to about a quarter inch and still
didn't reach the torque setting.
I find the ES9000's to be stiffer than the stock shocks as I now feel every
expansion joint on a stretch of highway that I didn't notice prior to the
swap.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: mgrose@ameritech.net [mailto:mgrose@ameritech.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:24 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: ProComp Shocks
I was wondering how many of you are running ES9000's from ProComp. I just
took my truck into the shop for breaking the lower mounting bolts on the
front shocks. I have gone through 6 bolts in the past 4-5 months and the
first 10 months they were on with no problems at all. The shop tried to
tell me the shock was to strong for my truck, I tried to blow this off, but
I wanted to ask the group to see how many people have them and if anyone
had any problems with them. Thanks in advance.
-Matt Grose
South Euclid, OH
97 RC 4x4 Sport 3.9L V6
DML Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Gv2394THi1OPQ/
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