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Blew apart both of my Bilstien 5100's.

Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Blew apart both of my Bilstien 5100's.

After about a year and 75,000 kms my shocks had a complete come apart. Literally! What gives. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Doing the same job for about 200 days and my shocks decide to do this. Very strange.....
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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The 1st pic is the drivers side obviously and the 2nd pic is the passengers. Forget Baja testing..... Send your stuff up to the oilpatch in northern bc!
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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That sucks. Thats also a pile of snow!
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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i have see that before , happens in the cold ,
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Was about -3 yesterday. Went through -45 last winter. I dunno!
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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oh well i have seen it when they get water in them and they do that when they freeze ,,,,
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Send that weather south, I want snow. Sorry to hear about your shocks, Have you contacted them, I would call that catastrophic failure.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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I will be calling the guy who I bought them from tomorrow. Might have to send back my carli anti-sway bar links. The heim joint in them is in rough shape as well.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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Thumbs up billsteins

Try the 2.65's
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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I am not opposed to trying newer better parts..... Will look into these 2.65.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Swamp_Donkey
After about a year and 75,000 kms my shocks had a complete come apart. Literally! What gives. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Doing the same job for about 200 days and my shocks decide to do this. Very strange.....
no consolation but they have life time
plus i run my 5100 reverse of what you have yours installed ,iwas kinda worried about water and grime build up .I was assured they could be run the opposite of what you are running yours
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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Swamp, hopefully you have a warm garage to repair the truck in. That looks alot like winter to me. Isn't winter driving in the oil field so much fun. Good luck with the repair.
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:35 AM
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I haven't been sold on Bilstiens yet. I have had good luck with lesser cost shocks..
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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I like the ride from my Bilsteins 5100's, but now thanks to Swamp I worry.
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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i would not worry to much about the quality of the 5100's. I think they were to short to begin with and finally had enough..... Going to order longer shocks tomorrow.
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