Sunday, November 20, 2011

Suspension Rebuild Kit

Here's the suspension rebuild kit I am using:
Quadratec Master Suspension Rebuild Kit
Surprisingly, I received it 3 days after I ordered it.  Not surprisingly, one of the eight U-bolt assemblies is wrong, and one of the shocks was delivered short a bushing insert.  Contacted Quadratec customer service using the email method, and they responded the next day that they had "issued a warranty for these items and this will ship directly from the manufacture", which was 6 days ago.  So apparently 200 lbs of parts takes 3 days to deliver, whereas 1 lbs of parts takes at least twice as long (the original shipment was also direct from the vendor, which appears to be Rugged Ridge).  Not really holding anything up at the moment though.

Here's a picture of the parts I've removed from the driver's side rear compared to the replacement parts:
It's probably a bit hard to see from the picture, but the original leaf spring bushings (still in the leaf springs) had turned into a crusty deformed sludge and were not supporting any weight, so these connections were basically metal against metal.
 
The kit does not include replacement clip plates, so I guess I will try to clean up the rear driver's side plate (shown) and will have to buy a replacement for the rear passenger side clip plate (which has the broken shock mount).

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