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Pulled the valve shims out of the shocks and they had it set up very light (08) on compression and light (mix of 08 to 10 shims) on rebound. I now have it set up for medium/firm compression and medium rebound. I also found some aluminum slivers and some orangish bits of something unknown in...

We were going about as fast as the road allowed for what we were driving. I spoke to Dave at davesoffroadsupply.com, the vendor who I purchased the shocks from. He said there was no way I overheated the shocks and the oil must have been contaminated or something was already wrong with the...

Still no response from F-O-A. I ordered the seal kits because it was either that or spend a few thousand on different shocks. One more chance for the shocks to work as stated. Grrrrrrrrrr... Ted, I am retired, I got lots of time. Not as much as I thought I would have, but still more than...

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They did not respond to my query about regular seal replacement. You can tell there is an internal leak because part of the reason I decided to re-valve them was they got softer as time went on. I could raise and lower the front suspension several inches by grabbing onto the front bumper...

Turbo; I have been following your build from day one. I have the same issues on down hills, and adjusted the spring stop so the shocks go single rate after about one inch of compression. Keeps the low speed turns on the street from getting interesting, and helps on steep downgrades. I have...

Have I mentioned lately how much I appreciate you fella's?? Maniak; My buddy Mike just put a set of Fox 2.0 racing shocks on his J^&p and loves them. They are on sale at Off Road Warehouse right now.

I got questions, as I am the next victim in line for this modification. I like the idea of using lock nuts, but did you leave the original threads and just add the lock nuts? That was what I was planning. You remember what size the through bolt is (diameter)? I should have it in soon and I...

Thanks to FR-425, I decided to upgrade the steering shaft to one like his. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=401307&page=2 The Mojave Road trip let me know I have a little too much steering play for my liking. Its not the box, its the shaft. I should get that on before I...

F-O-A Fail!! Went to pull the shocks apart to re-valve. Removed the end cap, then let the gas out. Shock still acted like it was charged. Called FOA. First, dude on the phone was a little short with me, which I did not like. He acted like he had something better to do than to help a...

I got in the habit of cleaning my K&N drop in filter after every off road trip. This last one, The Mojave Road, turned that filter brown. We drive in the desert, its dusty. Very dusty. I also noticed that if I am leading for the majority of a weekend trip, the filter gets about half as dirty...

See if this Explorer has a good tank/pump http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391585

I got that advise from a guy that does all kinds of axle and brake conversions. Mine have also gotten better by just driving it around. I drove it about 700 miles in a week on a Mojave Road trip and they got better over the trip.

Tekonsha P3. I have two of these. Easy to install in the Ford chassis RV, just plug it into the existing wiring harness. On the Chevrolet Silverado, different story. Had to connect all the wires to the available wires that terminated under the dash, and hook up some other power wires under...

Its a Nanny state. Too bad, so much potential wasted on liberals.

Nail, bye bye. You live in California, its illegal to ride in the back of a pickup truck even with seats and belts. You could not even have anybody in the back in a state park, like Truckhaven is now. Also, Tracy is pretty cool, but I don't think even she would let her kid ride in the back...

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Its just the Fox version of a spring divider, which has a long and a short side. Sort of what you have pictured, just no insert. I asked the FOA tech guy via email and he basically said to do whatever I want as long as it works for me. He said the rubbing with the long shocks is normal...

Now that I have your attention: I ordered a set of Fox coil over spring guides. I am thinking they would help keep the coil springs off the shock body. They are rubbing on the bottom of the shock body, and its noisy. Eventually, it might also cause other problems. Apparently, that is not...

You should start a thread in the modified section about coil over shocks and how they function. Put all this information in it and make it a stickey. Pirate4x4 has a thread about coil overs, but it is very technical and has way too much information for the novice...