Build Deer Slayer - KCJAZ's Build/Re-Build Thread
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I guess I don’t have a good answer. My thought was that the machining I did of the shock mounting “boss” wasn’t machine shop perfect and a thin washer might help that. You can see that there is a small gap at the bottom between the washer and the King bushing. The photo is at full droop, I need to look at it again with the tires on the ground.
I also just realized that I don’t have enough clamp force on my 3/4” bolt. I torqued it to the OEM 72 ftlb and added a little for my nyloc nut. I think I need to ratio that up by 19/12 to correct for the larger thread diameter. I also need to find fine thread grade 8 bolts.
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Replaced the coarse thread 3/4” bolts with fine thread and deleted the thin spacer washer. Used anti-seize and nyloc nuts (tried to keep anti-seize off the nylon lock part of the nuts) and torqued to 175 ftlb. This should give me 15-20klbs clamp force. For reference, 72 ftlbs on the ORM M12 bolts provides 9-14klbs clamp force.
On to the front struts. Opened the box:
After the angels stopped singing, I removed the driver side BP51 without too much drama. I was able to get it out without disconnecting the steering arm. All I had to do was remove the two ball joint bolts and the KDSS linkage. I also loosened the alinement bolts to make it easier to push the LCA down.
Unfortunately, getting the King shock on isn’t as easy as getting the old one out. There is interference with the bump stop that requires bringing the bump stop mount. @bloc has a good thread on King install that I wish I had read first.
I’ll get out the grinder tomorrow. There is also an issue with the lower shock eye bushing mount on the LCA. The BP51s are slightly narrower and the shock mounting “cup” in now too tight for the Kingbshock. Im
Going to have to fix that to get the Kings in.
I think I’ll get a long bolt and use 2 nuts to widen the cup/pocket.
On to the front struts. Opened the box:
After the angels stopped singing, I removed the driver side BP51 without too much drama. I was able to get it out without disconnecting the steering arm. All I had to do was remove the two ball joint bolts and the KDSS linkage. I also loosened the alinement bolts to make it easier to push the LCA down.
Unfortunately, getting the King shock on isn’t as easy as getting the old one out. There is interference with the bump stop that requires bringing the bump stop mount. @bloc has a good thread on King install that I wish I had read first.
I’ll get out the grinder tomorrow. There is also an issue with the lower shock eye bushing mount on the LCA. The BP51s are slightly narrower and the shock mounting “cup” in now too tight for the Kingbshock. Im
Going to have to fix that to get the Kings in.
I think I’ll get a long bolt and use 2 nuts to widen the cup/pocket.