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I learned my lesson. Put on a pair of rear Bilstein Lifetime Warrenteed shocks and wouldn't ya know, comes a ratteling noise about 12K miles later. Afterlooking for the annoying noise for months, I find out that it's the 'eye tube' in the upper grommet that is worn on the mounting stud. Now, I wouldn't have guessed because the mounting stud had no signs of wear but running it thru the 'eye' I found significant wobble. Taking a new pair of different shocks and performing the same high tech test, found a lot less wobble. Now, after discussing this with a rep from Mr Bilstein, I have dicovered that the torque specs for that operation is 62 pounds. Anything less would probably cause a situation as so described. Since I know that in my high tech world they were installed at more than 62 pounds, I guess I'm at fault. So much for paying attention to torque specs guys. Did I mention the specs are not included in the box? So Ya need to look em up. Oh yeah...the KYB's I put on, don't rattle.
Anyone need a really goodlooking pair of Bilsteins for a 244 Turbo? You can pick em up in my trash barrel. They rattle a little, but the price is right.
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