Front Shock Rubbing on Coil

[votive]

Went to do a brake job on the Raptor last night and noticed the top of my shock body is rubbing on my coil.

This is a brand new shock and used Geiser coil that was installed (by me) about 1,500 miles ago. Set on Midperch. Passenger side is fine, seems that only the driver side is having this issue.

Any idea what could be causing this? Already verified the coil isn't upside down

 

[Bozz]

Probably didn't get the tophat aligned correctly when re-installing, or put it on upside down and eventually it slipped/twisted throwing the shock axis slightly off kilter.

 

[Jhollowell]

I agree. Spring is upside down or top hat is wrong. Should look like this

 

[nipplesNchowder]

Late to the thread, but that is 100% a misinstalled top hat. I know because I did the same thing but heard it rubbing right away and caught it.

 

[ViciousRaptor13]

Ouch. Mis-installed Top Has as others have stated.

 

[CleverGirl_]

Late to the thread, but that is 100% a misinstalled top hat. I know because I did the same thing but heard it rubbing right away and caught it.

Can you describe the noise? I am tracking down some issues on my front end.

 

[nipplesNchowder]

Can you describe the noise? I am tracking down some issues on my front end.

It was a few years ago and it was when I installed gen 2 shocks on my gen 1 truck, but I took it for a test drive and it was making metal on metal grinding noises. I took the top hat out and flipped it around to fix the issue and it was good. The gen 2 shock is larger than the gen 1 shock so I wouldn't know what to you regarding your situation.