Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Anybody running reservoir Fox shocks up front?

 

Thank the lord haha

Actually looking for truck photos, i guess i should have been more specific

 

Well, we can negotiate about that...

 

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2.5s with 700lbs springs

 

700? BDS told me they only can do 650....

Can you adjust the ride height on the truck? It seems like the reservoir gets in the way for that....

 

Na I have a 700lbs 14" spring on 'em... I had Fox put the new springs on when I sent 'em in for a rebuild

Adjusting 'em is a pita because the little hole you put your spanner wrench into goes a full 360*, but when its on the back side of the coilovers you can't get it with a spanner wrench. I took a punch, cut the tip off, welded it to form an L at the end, shove it in there then beat it with a hammer

 

Well, the collar has several holes to grab it at various positions. BUT I can't get the wrench on since it either hits the mount tower or the reservoirs hose......

 

Mine only has one hole... wtf Fox

Try sticking a screw driver and pivoting enough to get the wrench on? Adjusting it while it was on the truck was a pita, just gonna take 'em off if I want to change the ride height again

 

Yall has different generations

Wonder if its the same or not

 

Idk, maybe it had multiple holes but I swear it only had one. I built my contraption for a reason...

 

How to you keep them in place if you adjust them on the ground?


Btw. I got a good laugh out of the manual. Rebuild every 10k miles. That's not even two oil changes.....

 

They look pretty though.....

 

On my ADS with resi's, @Texoma had the front off the ground. He used a bar on the end of a 5/16" punch inserted in the hole on the collar. He would use this for leverage and crank it down moving the punch to the hole on the collar that lined up. This and lots of wd40 to get it moving... maybe you need a bar at the end for leverage? He used a floor jack handle

 

I have the wrench, It just doesn't fit on the shock while it's installed.

 

We were unable to use the ADS wrench at all... it just didnt work. Could you remove the resi from the mount temporarily? Feels like this may be your only option.

EDIT... looking at the pic, it may not help. This is when we need @Texoma!!

 

That UCA being there isn't helping either

 

So far it isn't in the way

 

That's a fancy paper weight you got there. Use a 5/16 punch, spray lube, like WD40 on the threads, upper spring and lower spring, back the adjuster off a 1/4 turn, more lube, then crank to desired position. In some cases, you may need to turn the elbow that comes off the shock to the reservoir a little bit to make room. Careful not to lose any oil from the shock. Very little loss is ok.

 

Wanna adjust some Fox coilovers?