this is good stuff. This also happens to be the method I used for rough country 2 inch loaded struts for my 2011 GMC Sierra RWD, extended Cab. The key is to remove the knuckle joints and then you everything drops down far enough to stab in the longer strut. One pointer that is worth emphasizing. Take the wheel sensor wiring connector OFF so it does not break under a sudden drop even though you are going to tie the wheel up to prevent it. it's just going to happen that things are going to break and the brake line and the wheel sensor wiring are definitely going to break if the entire wheel assembly drops down. Once the strut is installed, and bolted top and bottom, it is going to be hard to lift the wheel assembly and get the three knuckles back into place. I used a floor jack to carefully life the wheel assembly and at the same time, moving the wheel assembly and the knuckle joints to get them to all move into place at the same time. On my truck the knuckle joints have hex fitting to keep them from spinning while you tighten. One of them is a boxed 10 mm squared end that is used for the same reason. Pay attention to the torque specs and check your work and make sure to put the wheel sensoring wiring connector and the bracket that holds that and the brake line down to the Wheel assembly arm. I applied some anti seize to the hub face so its easier to remove the wheel and tire on my next brake job.
I bought these 3 inch front struts for my 2016 f150 and they seem to be defective. The struts ride tetrible, really really stiff and bouncing on the road. I probably got defective units. They actually gave it a 5 inch lift as well.. i think something was just wrong with them.
@jessealaniz918 hmmm well my experience was bad, but they could've been defective or something. I went with the rough country 2" struts, $350. Ride quality is ok, a little worse than stock I'd say but more capable off road. I then added 1.5 inch struts bc it settled down after a couple days. Now it's level with 2 inch lift on the back. Looking back I'd have just bought regular new shocks( mine were worn out) and maybe a knuckle kit so that the geometry of the control arm is less comprised. Although my current setup seems to be ok with 2-4inch control arms
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this is good stuff. This also happens to be the method I used for rough country 2 inch loaded struts for my 2011 GMC Sierra RWD, extended Cab. The key is to remove the knuckle joints and then you everything drops down far enough to stab in the longer strut. One pointer that is worth emphasizing. Take the wheel sensor wiring connector OFF so it does not break under a sudden drop even though you are going to tie the wheel up to prevent it. it's just going to happen that things are going to break and the brake line and the wheel sensor wiring are definitely going to break if the entire wheel assembly drops down. Once the strut is installed, and bolted top and bottom, it is going to be hard to lift the wheel assembly and get the three knuckles back into place. I used a floor jack to carefully life the wheel assembly and at the same time, moving the wheel assembly and the knuckle joints to get them to all move into place at the same time. On my truck the knuckle joints have hex fitting to keep them from spinning while you tighten. One of them is a boxed 10 mm squared end that is used for the same reason. Pay attention to the torque specs and check your work and make sure to put the wheel sensoring wiring connector and the bracket that holds that and the brake line down to the Wheel assembly arm. I applied some anti seize to the hub face so its easier to remove the wheel and tire on my next brake job.
GM says to torque top struts bolts to 37ft/lbs. Are these strut bolts different since the video said to torque top strut bolts to 75ft/lbs?
I bought these 3 inch front struts for my 2016 f150 and they seem to be defective. The struts ride tetrible, really really stiff and bouncing on the road. I probably got defective units. They actually gave it a 5 inch lift as well.. i think something was just wrong with them.
I was thinking about buying them for my 2018 f 150 so you don’t recommend them or what ?
@jessealaniz918 hmmm well my experience was bad, but they could've been defective or something.
I went with the rough country 2" struts, $350. Ride quality is ok, a little worse than stock I'd say but more capable off road. I then added 1.5 inch struts bc it settled down after a couple days. Now it's level with 2 inch lift on the back. Looking back I'd have just bought regular new shocks( mine were worn out) and maybe a knuckle kit so that the geometry of the control arm is less comprised. Although my current setup seems to be ok with 2-4inch control arms