[s-cars] Dust sleeve removal?

[Freed, David (Exchange)]

And the dust boot has to be squashed between the top of the oversize shaft
and the underside of the spring retainer.  I prefer metal to metal so
nothing shifts under load.  Bilstein shows pictures of nice blue silicon
boots so I tried to get them and Bilstein recommended not to use any boots.
Said the springs would destroy the outer part of the bellows.  In fact most
OEM boots failed for this reason.  Their words, not mine.  So boots aren't
needed with Bilsteins according to the factory.

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rossato [mailto:bob.rossato at att.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:27 AM
To: Freed, David (Exchange)
Cc: 'S Car List'
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Dust sleeve removal?

Dave - I think you are confusing it with the bump stop.  Bilsteins have an
internal bump stop and the factory one is not needed, and would not fit for
the same reasons you stated.

Bob

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> Subject: [s-cars] Dust sleeve removal?
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> Forget mounting the dust boots on Bilsteins.  First, the shaft is MUCH
> thicker than stock, so OEM boots won't fit.  Second, the design
> of Bilsteins
> is basically an upside down shock so the real shaft is already
> sealed inside
> the shock body.  No boot needed or available.  I even contacted
> Bilstein and
> they said there was no boots available from them that would fit.
> They also
> said, because of the thickness of the "shaft" the only boots that
> would fit,
> would end up hitting the springs and self destructing in a short period of
> time.  Bottom line, there are no boots needed or available for Bilsteins.
> Koni and Boge do require boots.
>
>
>
> Dave Freed  '93 S4, '91 200 TQA



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