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Quality Control 200

posted by  stoney on  Sat Jan 15 17:13 CST 2005
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Bilstein Touring shocks are not made by Bilstein, they appear to be copies of Sachs units and there is difinately a QC/QA problem. I hear they are made in Hungary in a non Bilstein plant. Bilstein obviously wants some of the OEM replacement market but shipping units with obvious quality issues is not the way to larket share.

I have the same "Clunking" problem that Dave Shannon had. Jacked the witch up , pulled the wheels and when I jacked up the rear axle I could see the shocks moving on the upper "eye" mount. Like Dave I tried shims (made from SS Tubing thick wall) but they wore out after 6 months.

Wrote to Bilstein and all they did was send me a new set with same problem.

A good used set of Bilstein Pros is awaiting a 60 degree day for installation.






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