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Front ADS Coilover Spherical Bearings Replaced

Front ADS Coilover Spherical Bearings Replaced

Part of the Rig Review: Death Valley & Mojave 2019 - What worked and what didn't? Rig Review.

TL;DR - Replacing the spherical bearings, misalignment spacers, and lower shock bolts is done and things are working correctly as far as I can tell.

Not much to say about this one beyond the write-up I did about the install of the new spherical bearings and related components. Tyler at ADS was great to work with - as always - through the entire process, giving me great pricing on the parts, and looking out for me when I mistakenly ordered too many misalignment spacers.

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Published in Rig Review Section; experienced on 2020-01-04

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