Thank you for the video. I do not think I could have completed the job without it. Lots of busted knuckles and sore hands today. I think it was a bit tougher on a non lifted truck? I had to cut some of the wheel liner away in order to have room for the Allen key at least on the passenger side. On the drivers side, I found I could get to the top of the nut through the engine bay, at least on the triton V10. Hope that helps someone else.
great job on the video. Think this is something I'll do to my 23 F350. Maybe if I do it soon enough the nuts won't be do tough to remove. It looks pretty tight under there on mine without a lift so we'll see. I hear good things about the Fox 2.0. Expensive but think I'll try.
Really enjoyed your video on drain and replacing coolant on my 2019 F-350. Used that vacuum tool too. Thanks for the great detailed instructions. My question is what brand of brake replacement/upgrade do you recommend? I am looking at R1Concepts or PowerStop. Thank you Sir. 🇺🇸
Never used R1Concepts but I have used powerstop many times and have never had issues with them you just need to make sure you follow the break in procedure for the pads and rotors. Some of the negative reviews on them are because people not following that break in procedure correctly.
Big fan of watching your videos you have in-depth information a lot of people skip out on. That's a good question for you I got a 6036 l dually rear wheel drive I was thinking about making it four-wheel drive but it wouldn't be worth the cost or just buying another truck for wheel what do you think for the conversion if it's worth it?
Awesome Job, Thank You for sharing, right now I have a 4.5 lift kit from Rough Country and I want to replace shocks with the Bilsteins, do you know if they have a 4.5 version?
2017 F350 here. My rear shocks have the boots at the top and the bilstein logos are at the bottom but are readable. I did not install them so the letters are upside down. What gives??
FYI. the rear shocks are installed upside down. They will probably work the same, don’t know why they wouldn’t, but over time the debris covers may wear prematurely and expose the piston shafts to a lot of dust and rock nicks that may damage the seals.
Many people have commented on this issue. The rear shocks are supposed to be mounted like this even confirmed this with bilstein. The label is supposed to be readable and not upside down. So the way I mounted them is the correct way.
Excellent video - so glad I found it. I'm about to apply what I learned on the Bilsteins that arrived at my door yesterday! One question though - you mentioned 66 ft lbs for the rear shocks - I found other people saying it is 111 ft lbs for lower bolts on both the front and rear. Are you sure it's 66?
I have a couple ford manual’s and one says 66 and the other says 111 but then I saw somewhere else where it says 46 so that’s why I went with 66 since it’s more towards the middle. But honestly if you go anywhere between 66-111 you’ll be fine.
Are you talking about the rears? If so they are readable these shocks are designed to be mounted like this. If they were flipped to where the boot is on top then the bilstien logo would be upside down and unreadable.
Your the champ for muting the loud stuff when you do that. Nice video
Thanks for your video.
I'm not very mechanically smart, help me alot
Thank you for the info about the Allen wrench to help tighten the forward shocks.
I replaced the rear today. It would not let me put the writing up. The circumstance was to small to fit with writing up.
Thanks for making this video! The notes I took will help me when I do mine...and a special thx for telling us the torque specs!
Thank you for the video. I do not think I could have completed the job without it. Lots of busted knuckles and sore hands today. I think it was a bit tougher on a non lifted truck? I had to cut some of the wheel liner away in order to have room for the Allen key at least on the passenger side. On the drivers side, I found I could get to the top of the nut through the engine bay, at least on the triton V10. Hope that helps someone else.
Great job. I just upgraded my stops with sumo springs front and back.
Why not put the top stud in the front first then push up and bolt the bottom?
That was easier for me
great job on the video. Think this is something I'll do to my 23 F350. Maybe if I do it soon enough the nuts won't be do tough to remove. It looks pretty tight under there on mine without a lift so we'll see. I hear good things about the Fox 2.0. Expensive but think I'll try.
Great Video, Thanks for making it, it will be handy when I do mine.👍👍
Thanks for the video. One question for you. How did you determine the torque values? Do those come in the paperwork with the shocks?
Really enjoyed your video on drain and replacing coolant on my 2019 F-350. Used that vacuum tool too. Thanks for the great detailed instructions.
My question is what brand of brake replacement/upgrade do you recommend? I am looking at R1Concepts or PowerStop. Thank you Sir. 🇺🇸
Never used R1Concepts but I have used powerstop many times and have never had issues with them you just need to make sure you follow the break in procedure for the pads and rotors. Some of the negative reviews on them are because people not following that break in procedure correctly.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it, PowerStop it is!
Use a large lever flat head pry bar to compress the shock
Big fan of watching your videos you have in-depth information a lot of people skip out on. That's a good question for you I got a 6036 l dually rear wheel drive I was thinking about making it four-wheel drive but it wouldn't be worth the cost or just buying another truck for wheel what do you think for the conversion if it's worth it?
That would be quite a bit of work. Honestly I would just buy another truck.
Awesome Job, Thank You for sharing, right now I have a 4.5 lift kit from Rough Country and I want to replace shocks with the Bilsteins, do you know if they have a 4.5 version?
By the way truck is a 2019 F250 6.7
Was it making any loud clunking noise only when turning or hitting a bump at like 30 mph
Could you tell me what bed camper that is? Thanks for your videos!
Great video
2017 F350 here. My rear shocks have the boots at the top and the bilstein logos are at the bottom but are readable. I did not install them so the letters are upside down. What gives??
Mine does not fit upside down for the rear The bolt is too big for the opening on the shock and I definitely ordered the right one
Sometimes you have to put a little grease on it and move it up and down back and forth to get it to since inside the shock mount
Why are the rear shocks mounted upside down? The mounts appeared to be the same.
They are supposed to be mounted this way. According to bilstein it helps the boots drain and keep dirt and moisture out.
Why did you not charge the shocks first?
FYI. the rear shocks are installed upside down. They will probably work the same, don’t know why they wouldn’t, but over time the debris covers may wear prematurely and expose the piston shafts to a lot of dust and rock nicks that may damage the seals.
Many people have commented on this issue. The rear shocks are supposed to be mounted like this even confirmed this with bilstein. The label is supposed to be readable and not upside down. So the way I mounted them is the correct way.
Excellent video - so glad I found it. I'm about to apply what I learned on the Bilsteins that arrived at my door yesterday! One question though - you mentioned 66 ft lbs for the rear shocks - I found other people saying it is 111 ft lbs for lower bolts on both the front and rear. Are you sure it's 66?
I have a couple ford manual’s and one says 66 and the other says 111 but then I saw somewhere else where it says 46 so that’s why I went with 66 since it’s more towards the middle. But honestly if you go anywhere between 66-111 you’ll be fine.
I've been seeing the same thing the numbers are all over the place
the billsteun logo should be readable, i think you put them on backwards
Are you talking about the rears? If so they are readable these shocks are designed to be mounted like this. If they were flipped to where the boot is on top then the bilstien logo would be upside down and unreadable.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGEnot on mine. 2022 F350, logos readable, boots on top, different bolt sizes top and bottom. Can’t possibly be installed incorrectly.