anthony2558 Posted October 27, 2019 Posted October 27, 2019 Properly torqued nuts do come off. Back in my street bike racing days every nut needed to be wired or bolt pinned.
BenThere Posted October 27, 2019 Author Posted October 27, 2019 A FWIW update: Done a few dirt roads and one serious off-road trip into the majestic Sonoran Desert I live in. Off-road included serious articulation on extreme inclines (forgot to check my inclines in the DIT ); boulders, big rocks, washouts, loose rock, that kind of stuff. Fun! That truck is very capable in pretty challenging terrain. I like it better every day. A little Stevie Ray Vaughn on the Bose made the "test" that much better. Crawled under with a wrench this AM. Mount bolts are still tight. Locktite? Maybe........
Stevenkingjr Posted December 17, 2022 Posted December 17, 2022 On 10/11/2019 at 8:39 PM, BenThere said: Just a heads up from the "For What It's Worth Department" Started hearing something coming from the back when I went through deep dips and especially going over those speed control bumps in parking lots, like some loose pipe or 2X4's were bouncing around in the bed; and the back end was a little "bouncy". Nothing in the bed, so I crawled under and noticed the top right shock mount bolt was gone, and the top of the shock was whacking the mount, frame, and underside of the bed. I have a dealer-installed factory 2" Rancho Iift on my 2019 Z71 Silverado. Took it in to the dealer, and while it was on the rack I talked with the suspension technician guys. One of the techs said he'd seen 5-6 of these, on stock suspensions and a Trail Boss, always the top right shock mount. Like, it's a "thing" with these trucks. So, just letting y"all know that you might want to keep an eye on yours, maybe crawl under and take a look every once in a while. Maybe even the next time you have it in the air for something like an oil change or something, put a wrench on the bolt(s) or even pull it out quick and put it back with some locktite. What size bolt goes into it ?
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