The only way the shock could possibly break the bolt would be if it had
too much travel (bottoming out and forcing the shock downward under
travel). However, you would have felt this before the bolt would have
broke (loud "thunk" over speed bumps for example).
I'm still trying to figure out as to how the bolts are breaking as I've
abused the suspension in the past and have had all four wheels off the
ground at one point (with the old Fabtech kit and ES9000's installed)
and they're still the original bolts as of today.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of A. S.
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:12 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML:Broken Shock Bolt (Matt G. DAKSY, others)
I think we'll try replacing the broken one with a new grade-8 torqued
correctly. We'll probably also pull the one from the passenger side
just to
see what it looks like.
I think I remember the same thing Andy remembers. Bob and Matt used
grade-8 replacements with no luck. I think Matt ended up replacing his
ProComps with something else and cured the problem. I'm not sure if it
ever
came back though. Maybe he'll see this and let us know.
Thanks again.
--Aaron--
95 DSRC 4x4 V6
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Subject: RE: DML: RE: Broken Shock Bolt (Matt G. DAKSY, others)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 20:38:08 -0500
Well...something is breaking them.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of andy levy
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:31 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Broken Shock Bolt (Matt G. DAKSY, others)
Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
> You can replace them with Grade-8 bolts (Home Depot brand are strong
> enough). > > If it sheared (shiny)...sounds like it was over
torqued. If it's a > defect (crack within the material or flawed
material)...they normally > will look dull and rough.
IIRC, Bob Smith (DAKSY) tried Grade 8 and those snapped too. And he
knows exactly what he's doing when it comes to this metallurgical stuff,
I can't believe he'd over-torque them.
-- -andyhttp://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us -------------------------------------------- "Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine" -Bob Tom --------------------------------------------
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