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How To: Adjust the Fox Shock Perch / Height / Level the Front
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<blockquote data-quote="BigJ" data-source="post: 103450" data-attributes="member: 62"><p>Supporting Vendor SDHQ Offroad (<a href="http://www.superduty-hq.com/adjustingyourfrontfoxcoil-overs.aspx" target="_blank">click here</a>) has put together perhaps the most comprehensive "how to" regarding adjusting the Raptor's Fox Shock perch setting. All material below is courtesy of Ryan and SDHQ, and all credit belongs to them. Great writeup guys and thanks for letting us host it here!</p><p></p><p>A couple quick notes before the writeup:</p><p>-The net result is approx 2.5" lift in the front, bringing the nose level with the rear.</p><p>-Yes, you will need an alignment done after this adjustment</p><p>-According to an SVT engineer, the factory warranty on the Fox Shock is 3 year/36k miles (<a href="http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f52/closed-svt-engineers-roundtable-07-24-10-chat-live-svt-engineering-6642/index3.html#post100705" target="_blank">click here</a>) </p><p>-According to an SVT engineer: "[Leveling the nose via the perch adjustment described below...] It all depends on what you want to do with it. Using the detents would raise the front ride height of the truck and would give you more jounce travel, but take away rebound travel. This would really change how the truck rides and handles on and offroad especially when taking in consideration how we tuned the bypass shocks and how they ramp up damping force. This would also potentially void the warranty." (<a href="http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f52/closed-svt-engineers-roundtable-07-24-10-chat-live-svt-engineering-6642/index3.html#post100708" target="_blank">click here</a>)</p><p></p><p>And here's SDHQ's writeup!</p><p></p><p>Here are a couple pics we snapped while we were leveling out the Raptor. Hope this helps...</p><p></p><p>Stock height before tire removal</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181534[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Stock height bottom of fender</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181535[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remove tire/wheel</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181536[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Disconnect sway bay link</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181537[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Disconnect tie rod</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181538[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remove nut on upper ball joint to remove upper control arm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181539[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remove upper shock bolt and lower shock bolt</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181540[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remove shock assembly from tuck</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181541[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181542[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181543[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Place shock in spring compressor & remove coil spring</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181544[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remove set screw to move lower mount</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181545[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181546[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We moved the snap ring to 3rd notch for the most lift</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181547[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Reassemble shock</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181548[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Reinstall shock & reconnect upper control arm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181549[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Reconnect tie rod</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181550[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Reconnect sway bar linkage</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181551[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Double check all hardware, brakelines, etc.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181552[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181553[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Back on the ground 2.5” higher</p><p>Check over & road test then to alignment </p><p>[ATTACH=full]181554[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Stock</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181555[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181556[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After adjustment </p><p>[ATTACH=full]181557[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigJ, post: 103450, member: 62"] Supporting Vendor SDHQ Offroad ([URL="http://www.superduty-hq.com/adjustingyourfrontfoxcoil-overs.aspx"]click here[/URL]) has put together perhaps the most comprehensive "how to" regarding adjusting the Raptor's Fox Shock perch setting. All material below is courtesy of Ryan and SDHQ, and all credit belongs to them. Great writeup guys and thanks for letting us host it here! A couple quick notes before the writeup: -The net result is approx 2.5" lift in the front, bringing the nose level with the rear. -Yes, you will need an alignment done after this adjustment -According to an SVT engineer, the factory warranty on the Fox Shock is 3 year/36k miles ([URL="http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f52/closed-svt-engineers-roundtable-07-24-10-chat-live-svt-engineering-6642/index3.html#post100705"]click here[/URL]) -According to an SVT engineer: "[Leveling the nose via the perch adjustment described below...] It all depends on what you want to do with it. Using the detents would raise the front ride height of the truck and would give you more jounce travel, but take away rebound travel. This would really change how the truck rides and handles on and offroad especially when taking in consideration how we tuned the bypass shocks and how they ramp up damping force. This would also potentially void the warranty." ([URL="http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f52/closed-svt-engineers-roundtable-07-24-10-chat-live-svt-engineering-6642/index3.html#post100708"]click here[/URL]) And here's SDHQ's writeup! Here are a couple pics we snapped while we were leveling out the Raptor. Hope this helps... Stock height before tire removal [ATTACH=full]181534[/ATTACH] Stock height bottom of fender [ATTACH=full]181535[/ATTACH] Remove tire/wheel [ATTACH=full]181536[/ATTACH] Disconnect sway bay link [ATTACH=full]181537[/ATTACH] Disconnect tie rod [ATTACH=full]181538[/ATTACH] Remove nut on upper ball joint to remove upper control arm [ATTACH=full]181539[/ATTACH] Remove upper shock bolt and lower shock bolt [ATTACH=full]181540[/ATTACH] Remove shock assembly from tuck [ATTACH=full]181541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181543[/ATTACH] Place shock in spring compressor & remove coil spring [ATTACH=full]181544[/ATTACH] Remove set screw to move lower mount [ATTACH=full]181545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181546[/ATTACH] We moved the snap ring to 3rd notch for the most lift [ATTACH=full]181547[/ATTACH] Reassemble shock [ATTACH=full]181548[/ATTACH] Reinstall shock & reconnect upper control arm [ATTACH=full]181549[/ATTACH] Reconnect tie rod [ATTACH=full]181550[/ATTACH] Reconnect sway bar linkage [ATTACH=full]181551[/ATTACH] Double check all hardware, brakelines, etc. [ATTACH=full]181552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181553[/ATTACH] Back on the ground 2.5” higher Check over & road test then to alignment [ATTACH=full]181554[/ATTACH] Stock [ATTACH=full]181555[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181556[/ATTACH] After adjustment [ATTACH=full]181557[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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