I received my order a couple weeks ago and have been through the fronts but not the rears yet. Here is what I've found so far:
1. Packaging was lacking with loose parts in the boxes but no damage to anything. Some minor blemishes (small edge dings or scuffs on metal surface) under the anodizing, which typically means the blemishes were there before anodizing so parts are probably not protected well while moving through the shop or while moving between machine shop and plating house.
2. No leaks in the box.
3. Some varying finishes on outside machined surfaces. Typical of a commercial machined part for industrial use but not on consumer parts but nothing that shows unless you are looking close.
4. While disassembling we found anaerobic sealant used excessively that had to be cleaned out of the reservoir end cap snap ring grooves.
5. The wiper seal cap has a set screw to secure the wiper seal housing into the cap. The threads are 10-32 but there were 8-32 set screws in the holes and one was missing. The threads on the seal housing were very sharp but no burrs that could come off and the threads fit well together worked smoothly.
6. 1 of the 2 pistons was deburred well and the other was not.
7. The piston nut had so much thread locker that the shims were glued together but the valving was correct.
8. The shims are stamped and have raised edges from the process, which also caused them to fit very tightly on the shaft. Many of them looked used but were not in bad shape. I paid for 2 extra shim packs due to the extra shims in my valving and said there was no need to send the left overs but there was a handful of extra shims sent with my order.
9. The bores of the shock body and reservoir were smooth and reflective with no scratches or defects. The shaft finish was a 4 Ra and 16 Ra on the housing walls.
10. The shaft was straight to .00008 and probably purchased chrome rod that they just machined the ends on. No problems with the chrome.
11. The pistons are flat and the two sides are parallel within .0004.
12. I ordered the wrong reservoir clamps and returned them. I'm still waiting for the refund 3 weeks later.
What I did to them was deburr the pistons and shims. I flat sanded the shims on a surface plate just to remove the raised edges from stamping which also removed the thread locker that was on them. This made them fit well on the shaft which they were tight before. I cleaned the thread sealant out of the grooves and reused the oil. Put them back together with 10-32 set screws and installed them on the truck a week ago. Everything is working so far and no leaks so far.
If anything changes or if I see something different with the rears, I'll update this.
Would I do it again, or pay twice as much next time for a higher end shock? From what I have seen so far I would order from them again unless I had money in the budget to spend twice as much.
1. Packaging was lacking with loose parts in the boxes but no damage to anything. Some minor blemishes (small edge dings or scuffs on metal surface) under the anodizing, which typically means the blemishes were there before anodizing so parts are probably not protected well while moving through the shop or while moving between machine shop and plating house.
2. No leaks in the box.
3. Some varying finishes on outside machined surfaces. Typical of a commercial machined part for industrial use but not on consumer parts but nothing that shows unless you are looking close.
4. While disassembling we found anaerobic sealant used excessively that had to be cleaned out of the reservoir end cap snap ring grooves.
5. The wiper seal cap has a set screw to secure the wiper seal housing into the cap. The threads are 10-32 but there were 8-32 set screws in the holes and one was missing. The threads on the seal housing were very sharp but no burrs that could come off and the threads fit well together worked smoothly.
6. 1 of the 2 pistons was deburred well and the other was not.
7. The piston nut had so much thread locker that the shims were glued together but the valving was correct.
8. The shims are stamped and have raised edges from the process, which also caused them to fit very tightly on the shaft. Many of them looked used but were not in bad shape. I paid for 2 extra shim packs due to the extra shims in my valving and said there was no need to send the left overs but there was a handful of extra shims sent with my order.
9. The bores of the shock body and reservoir were smooth and reflective with no scratches or defects. The shaft finish was a 4 Ra and 16 Ra on the housing walls.
10. The shaft was straight to .00008 and probably purchased chrome rod that they just machined the ends on. No problems with the chrome.
11. The pistons are flat and the two sides are parallel within .0004.
12. I ordered the wrong reservoir clamps and returned them. I'm still waiting for the refund 3 weeks later.
What I did to them was deburr the pistons and shims. I flat sanded the shims on a surface plate just to remove the raised edges from stamping which also removed the thread locker that was on them. This made them fit well on the shaft which they were tight before. I cleaned the thread sealant out of the grooves and reused the oil. Put them back together with 10-32 set screws and installed them on the truck a week ago. Everything is working so far and no leaks so far.
If anything changes or if I see something different with the rears, I'll update this.
Would I do it again, or pay twice as much next time for a higher end shock? From what I have seen so far I would order from them again unless I had money in the budget to spend twice as much.