What the heck is this that came out of my kings shock?

Hey everybody,

I’ve spent the day swapping out my 600lb springs to 700lbs, and something strange came out of the second shock i was working on. while cleaning up the bearing and misalignment spacer on the rod end, there were what looked like copper threads sticking out from the ball, so i grabbed some tweezers and 2 pieces of some sort of copper or brass mesh material, almost fabric like, came out. i have no idea what this is, or if it’s supposed to be in there, or if it was, what i do now that it’s broken apart and came out. any help is greatly appreciated!!

 

That is technically the bearing material.
https://www.skf.com/us/products/plain-bearings/spherical-plain-bearings-rod-ends/rod-ends
https://www.skf.com/binaries/pub12/Images/0901d19680154a05-06116_1-EN_tcm_12-122020.pdf

 

That's the Teflon liner. You need new bearings ASAP! They are now metal on metal and will make a ton of noise and eventually wear through if you don't replace them.

https://www.303shockservices.com/

TW10 for 10% off.

 

The King is dead.

 

While you're at it, I'd look into replacing the lower mounting bolt, to a non-stepped version, that will ultimately save your future new bearings and spacers.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lower-strut-bolt-and-king-shocks-help-resolved.730249/

303 has everything you need. Bearings, spacers, and bolts. Great company to do business with and super fast shipping.

 

And you can watch this --

https://youtu.be/8NNCR5E10-8

 

Time for shock maintenance.