The rarest Bronco?

Eninty

I think it is so good right out of the box, it is far from boring.

It may be good out of the box but I guarantee I corrected some factory short comings on my Sasquatch.
Further from boring.

extra toasty

It may be good out of the box but I guarantee I corrected some factory short comings on my Sasquatch.
Further from boring.

So, I've not really followed the shock absorber recall since it doesn't affect my Bronco. I think it's the reservoir on the Bilstein that gets corroded and eventually separates from the shock body? If I had an afflicted Bronco, I'd be going aftermarket for new shocks rather than back to Ford, and definitely not with Bilstein. I think their quality has gone downhill in the past few years based on the suspension I recently put in on one of my BMWs in 2017 vs. the Bilsteins I used on my wife's Z3 some 14 years ago.

Eninty

So, I've not really followed the shock absorber recall since it doesn't affect my Bronco. I think it's the reservoir on the Bilstein that gets corroded and eventually separates from the shock body? If I had an afflicted Bronco, I'd be going aftermarket for new shocks rather than back to Ford, and definitely not with Bilstein. I think their quality has gone downhill in the past few years based on the suspension I recently put in on one of my BMWs in 2017 vs. the Bilsteins I used on my wife's Z3 some 14 years ago.

I’m definitely skipping Ford’s “caulk and clamp” solution. Silly.
Very cheesy way of avoiding replacing them…

Eninty

So, I've not really followed the shock absorber recall since it doesn't affect my Bronco. I think it's the reservoir on the Bilstein that gets corroded and eventually separates from the shock body? If I had an afflicted Bronco, I'd be going aftermarket for new shocks rather than back to Ford, and definitely not with Bilstein. I think their quality has gone downhill in the past few years based on the suspension I recently put in on one of my BMWs in 2017 vs. the Bilsteins I used on my wife's Z3 some 14 years ago.

There is a huge difference between the factory Bilstein‘s and the aftermarket ones. Totally different division. My daughter put them onto two of her Toyota’s. 5100 or 6100 series. And she loves them. And the 8112 DSA + are something else altogether. Yes, expensive but they save the cost of having to replace everything else. Unfortunately none of this stuff is inexpensive.

And if that is Ford’s solution, what the heck took so long for the fix?

TK1215

And if that is Ford’s solution, what the heck took so long for the fix?

They were looking for the cheapest way possible.
And they did.
Not to mention the endless people like myself that aren’t going to have a fly- by-night repair done to their Bronco.
Win, win for Ford.

TK1215

There is a huge difference between the factory Bilstein‘s and the aftermarket ones. Totally different division. My daughter put them onto two of her Toyota’s. 5100 or 6100 series. And she loves them. And the 8112 DSA + are something else altogether. Yes, expensive but they save the cost of having to replace everything else. Unfortunately none of this stuff is inexpensive.

Well, that's my point, I don't think there is a difference. I've put Bilsteins on four of my vehicles dating back to 1999. The last set was on my E90 in 2017. The dampers did not hold up well and got harsh around 40,000 miles in. Buy 70,000 miles I had to replace them. The paint was not robustly applied and the shock bodies became corroded early on. As compared to the set I have on my wife's Z3 that I put on in 2009, which now have about 70,000 miles on them and they still dampen perfectly 16 years later.

With a name like Bilstein, there should be no quality difference between the aftermarket product and the versions used as factory production parts. The product should not fail like it did.

extra toasty

They were looking for the cheapest way possible.
And they did.
Not to mention the endless people like myself that aren’t going to have a fly- by-night repair done to their Bronco.
Win, win for Ford.

Are there any pics of the solution? Is it just some RTV with a hose clamp around the shock body and reservoir? 😂

Eninty

Are there any pics of the solution? Is it just some RTV with a hose clamp around the shock body and reservoir? 😂

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/attachments/25s01-technical-instructions-pdf.745913/