Suspension Feedback

[rkreigh]

look at the plastic gears on the actuator. take them off the shock and turn the key on and watch the gears on the actuator. They should cycle both ways.

You also have to carefully set the "gear height" on the shocks so the gear goes into the actuator but doesn't bottom out or you will quickly crack the actuator (ask me how I know )

Anyway, if anyone needs FX3 stuff I have shocks, controllers, and actuators.

The FX3 stuff can be a pain, but it's not horrible to trouble shoot.

[Okiedoke]

Originally Posted by HAWAIIZR-1

Harry,

About the bolts I think it was the top two middle you show arrows.

It was the 4 bolts on the left side of the picture.

[Okiedoke]

Originally Posted by rkreigh

look at the plastic gears on the actuator. take them off the shock and turn the key on and watch the gears on the actuator. They should cycle both ways.

You also have to carefully set the "gear height" on the shocks so the gear goes into the actuator but doesn't bottom out or you will quickly crack the actuator (ask me how I know )

Anyway, if anyone needs FX3 stuff I have shocks, controllers, and actuators.

The FX3 stuff can be a pain, but it's not horrible to trouble shoot.

So the 4 new Bilstein shocks were installed. It's giving a 14 code most of the time instead of being intermittent. I sent in the front right actuator to CaptainZ who tested it and gave it a clean bill of health. Any other ideas? I was really hoping it would be the shock gear or actuator.... The unpainted metal piece (like a circle with two sides chopped off) right under the actuator cup on the front right gear is pretty loose and can be easily rotated at least 30 degrees back and forth. The shop couldn't make it any tighter. Could this be the issue now and how to tighten it? The front left side is tight.

[Okiedoke]

Finally!! No more SRC light for the first time in over 3 years!!! Made it 75 miles over two days with no light so far. (knock on wood) It turned out the 14 was because the shock gear on the new shock was sitting too high in the actuator. The shop put a shim below the actuator cup on the shock to lower the gear within the actuator and that did it!

[Hib Halverson]

Originally Posted by Okiedoke

So the 4 new Bilstein shocks were installed. It's giving a 14 code most of the time instead of being intermittent. I sent in the front right actuator to CaptainZ who tested it and gave it a clean bill of health. Any other ideas? I was really hoping it would be the shock gear or actuator.... The unpainted metal piece (like a circle with two sides chopped off) right under the actuator cup on the front right gear is pretty loose and can be easily rotated at least 30 degrees back and forth. The shop couldn't make it any tighter. Could this be the issue now and how to tighten it? The front left side is tight.

If you know the actuator is good then the DTC14 might be caused by the actuator height no being right or the shock's bypass valve assembly is faulty.