[1998 R50 Revamping]

On 8/12/2020 at 9:18 AM, jlduthie said:

Drilled the mounts out to 1/2”. It’s a .028” increase in diameter so lots of material left.  Then just used the supplied 5/8 OD 1/2 ID sleeves with grade 8 bolts. 

Thanks, will be doing this soon

 

[1998 R50 Revamping]

On 10/20/2019 at 9:48 PM, jlduthie said:

Slow going but front all back together, minus missing link for now.  Started the rear today - just shocks and coils for now but one issue: Even with the sleeves in the lower bushing of the Bilstein 5125 there's still play between the 1/2" ID of the sleeve and the 12 mm bolt, as you would expect. I haven't seen any mention of this issue on here (seems more commonly that the lower mounting bolts are 14mm and so too big for the sleeve).

 

In the event that I can't easily source a 5/8" OD / 12 mm ID sleeve, is there any downside to increasing the bores in the shock mounting bracket to 1/2" and just using new grade 8 bolts? Looks like lots of material to allow for this slight increase in hole diameter. 

What did you end up doing for the Bilstein 5125 lower bushing bolt and sleeve? I plan on installing the same shocks soon with the LR 9447 springs