Hey all,
Wondering if anyone else bought the new 3.0’s from Fox, and had difficulties adjusting preload once mounted.
Truck is full droop. Managed to get the driver side about .5 inch preload before it got too stiff by hand. It’s like mega stiff, and I can’t see how anyone can get a couple inches without taking them to a shop and compressing the spring first.
So I switched to passenger side, and I hardly made an eighth of a turn before I heard a snap and realized the collar skipped over the thread and that’s all she wrote.
And yep, I’m using the Fox 3.0 spanner wrench, as well as a 5/16ths punch to turn the thing because you can’t get the wrench into the tower for all turns. You can actually see the collar spanner holes warping while trying to add preload. I don’t think there’s much chance of me undoing the preload at this stage either.
I’ve got zero miles on them. Pretty bummed right now. I’ve emailed Fox but not sure how far I’ll get with them.
If you look close at the first pic you can see the sheared thread.
Would love anyone’s observations that say I’m an idiot or that the collars are garbage. Or both!
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