NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Yea, I loosened the adjustment collar nut completely. They are brand-new, so they shouldn't be frozen or seized. The issue I was having was the entire shock body was rotating with the compressor as I would tighten it down. I almost need to secure the top mount and bottom mounts in order to get it tight/compressed enough without rotating. The BP51s are a bit different from any other adjustable cover out there, and the preload cannot be adjusted while on the truck; sobthey have to be removed each time an adjustment is needed.

 

Try mounting it sideways and use a prybar to hold the compressor in place. I think that’s how I did it

 

I'll try to figure out a way to better stabilize the compressor and shock, it was getting late and I was starting to come up with crazy/unsafe ideas to make it work.

 

My front bp51s started leaking after two years and I got them replaced recently. I used these SPC spring compressors. The collar was still super hard to turn, but I was able to preload the new springs from 5mm to 15mm. If I remember right I turned the collar while wrestling the coilover on the ground. The lower spring seat may come apart as well so you have to make sure it is assembled correctly before removing the compressors. Also make sure the top hat is in the correct orientation.


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I assume you loosened the pinch bolt first.

 

Where were yours leaking from?

 

Not sure exactly where it came from, but probably from where the shaft enters the shock body. It is not from an external source. I will get rid of these if they give me issues again, especially since I just picked up a GX470 and want to lift it. The lower mount bearings seized up last year and trashed one of my lcas. A few months later this happens. ARB customer service has been excellent, but this is very annoying to deal with and I don't even wheel much.

 

Sweet I’m not the only person that feels this way. I have had a lot of issues with mine. Adjusters seizing up, leaks and the ducking spherical bearings. They must get them from the same place Toyota sources their frame material.

 

Well, my yellow OME front shocks got scraped by the hard plastic piston cover, and now the shock bodies are rusty AF in those areas. Overall, I'm unimpressed with OME suspension stuff (durability and ride quality too). My Dakars are squeaky, and while I haven't noticed a loss in rear lift height over the years, the spring pack does look awfully "flat" front to back. Actually, appears to have a bit of an "s" shape from hanger to hanger.

If I was going to replace my suspension, or someone was looking for suggestions, I wouldn't buy nor suggest anything OME....

 

I believe it’s the layer of rust that had finally made my Dakar’s stop squeaking.

 

It would have to be the county's front door if that's who your trying to get money from, not the city.

 

I have to HAND DELIVER my claim form to city hall downtown.

 

Well that's pretty stupid. But that's just me.

Your insurance isn't helping in this situation?

 

This is my first time, so my understanding is I can do everything through the city and not involve my insurance or I can make a claim on my insurance, my rate goes up and I pay my $1000 deductible which i will most likely get back at some point and I get a check faster. I probably wont do any repairs except the mirror but I dont know if my insurance company will only pay the bodyshop

 

If they sideswiped you it shouldn't result in a claim on your end or cost you anything. In fact if you contact your insurance company they will then usually do the leg work to get the at fault party to make things right because it is in their interest to keep your vehicle in a condition where you want to maintain the full coverage insurance. It's at least worth contacting them, you are paying them enough that you should get something out of them.

 

They should go to bat for you, since you are not at fault and shouldn't raise your rates for something you didn't cause. They'll go after the country to recover their costs. You should get at least 2 appraisals and shouldn't be required to spend that money on the repairs. You can select to just receive a lump sum for the quoted price of repair. If they raise your rates for a not at fault accident, you need a different insurance company.

And also what @JeffRoyJenkins said.

 

@Benson X @TheToyotaGarage @yeos y’all remember the name of the ARB rep you dealt with? I finally got a hold of them today and they want all sorts photos and stuff this time. Last guy was happy with A photo and the serial #’s. Why do they need to make this even more of a pain in my ass.

 

I worked with Tim. sent pictures and serial numbers and was good to go, they ended up replacing both because I had one of the first sets manufactured. They shipped Friday and were at my door on Saturday afternoon.

 

I was working with Jacob. It took me about a week of back and forth emails, pictures, serial #s, more pictures, then he got approval to send out a replacement set.

 

I worked with Jacob for the replacement shocks. He said that my leak was minimal so he wanted me to clean them up and report if they leak again. A week later and they began leaking once again. A few pictures, serial numbers, and invoice from ok4wd and I was sent out replacements. 2 weeks from initial email to receiving replacements.