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  1. Mar 29, 2014 at 10:15 AM
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    What am I even looking at
     
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  2. Mar 29, 2014 at 11:51 AM
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    Are those the tops of the rear shocks? 2nd gen rear shocks are different than those.
     
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  3. Mar 29, 2014 at 11:52 AM
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    Biggest test of my Dakars to date. A full yard of soil mix. Handled it like it was nothing. No idea how much it weighed though.

    [​IMG]
     
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  4. Mar 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM
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    them are them old-fangled 1st Gen FTW ones. Eyelet at each end.
     
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  5. Mar 29, 2014 at 12:38 PM
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    Those are a shock eyelets and corresponding bushings.
     
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  6. Mar 29, 2014 at 3:57 PM
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    Yeah, managed to line up friend's help. He's got a vise and a few c-clamps so should be able to rig up a press.
     
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  7. Mar 29, 2014 at 7:34 PM
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    Had trouble trying to install the bilstein 5100 with the 884 I couldn't get the coil compressed enough even on a industrial compressor on a stand and the shock still wasn't long enough to extend through the top plate. Clip was at lowest setting. Pretty much the coils were 100% compressed and billies were at full extent I checked part numbers and everything was right I don't understand what is wrong. Some help would be awesome.
     
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  8. Mar 29, 2014 at 7:35 PM
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    Coil seat upside down ?
     
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  9. Mar 29, 2014 at 8:17 PM
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    Got it. Was really easy. Greased up the bushings and the vise popped 'em right in.
     
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  10. Mar 30, 2014 at 8:38 AM
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    The Billies are opposite from the OME
     
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  11. Mar 31, 2014 at 5:25 AM
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    Seeing the third gen section forced me to get a Ford...
    ^this. the coil seat needs to drop down around the c clip to help keep it in place where the OME doesnt need that and curce upwards.
     
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  12. Apr 1, 2014 at 7:21 PM
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  13. Apr 1, 2014 at 7:24 PM
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    You can't run 885's with stock shocks

    No doubt your ride sucks
     
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  14. Apr 1, 2014 at 7:25 PM
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    1 plus.... My wife won't drive it now,lol.
     
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    Factory Monster Truck Package with reverse gear.
    So I got rid of the taco lean I had when I initially installed the OME lift. One of my springs had more of an arch on the overload leafs for the dakars so i assumed they go on the side which is the heaviest which is the drivers side. I was wrong the passenger side was 1 3/4 taller in the rear so today me and my buddy switched them and put the ones with more arch on passenger side and solved the problem now its sitting level.
    The drivers side has less arch due to more weight and springs contact overload leafs sooner on drivers side so it compensates with more arch on passenger. so i learned something new today and hopefully someone can use this info when installing Dakars in rear.
     
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  17. Apr 1, 2014 at 10:17 PM
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    They aren't side specific on 2nd Gens
     
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  18. Apr 1, 2014 at 10:18 PM
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    they both had positives on each spring but one of the pack had more arch to them in the overload leafs and the other pack had overload leafs closer to the leaf pack and i INSTALLED IT IN MY GARAGE :)
     
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  19. Apr 1, 2014 at 10:20 PM
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    well they definitely were different even you commented on how much more arch one had vs the other and at first i had the lean really bad almost 1 3/4 difference and swathing them made the truck sit level. They probably aren't side specific but switching them def helped
     
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  20. Apr 1, 2014 at 10:22 PM
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    That may have been the case between your two springs but according to OME / ARB literature they aren't side specific on 2nd gens
     
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