Quick question on bilstein 5100

so I’m currently installing my bilstein 5100 and I’m almost done. The only thing is, idk if the nut on the top of the bilstein are suppose to be there or not when I’m mounting the top 3 nuts.

 

NO. The way you have it is the nuts are sandwiched and bearing the load. The rubber gasket should be flush to the top. Only nuts on top.

 

looks like the rubber boot is on upside down. and spring is not clocked to proper position. I'd take that all off and start over after looking at instructions and some YouTube video on install. JMO. GL.

 

It is how it came assembled when I bought it. I’m watching this video and this is the only thing that was wrong. I’m not sure what you mean by clocked to the proper position

 

Haha its like a spacer now!
Remove it all. The 3 bolts on the top hat do not need nuts until it after its installed. Those slide through the coil bucket. The very top nut is what holds the coil assembly together. So remove 3 nuts, reinstall coil assembly on truck, then install the washers and nuts onto the protruding bolts.

 

the end of the coil should stop at the point on the rubber boot where the taper stops - ie they should match up with one laying over the other on the same taper. check out the youtube video on how to compress coil over shocks without a compressor. ?? don't know who your vendor was --- maybe their product is different from oem and thus the boot is different too?

@imjohn - like noted in post above. Those three nuts (not center nut - do not remove it as it is what holds the shock btwn the lower perch and the top cap) should be on the top after the coil spring is slide into place from below the top cap. Is that a spacer? if so it goes on top of the coil and under the top cap. Looks like the vendor simply put those three nuts in place to hold the spacer during shipping. Check out YouTube video - "how to fix taco lean" it will show you how it goes together.