anyone have pics of a rear shock dismantled?

[markus]

i ordered new bump stops and sleves and mounts for my rear bilsteins but Im not sure if I will have eveyrhting I need Such as little rubber gaskets on the bottom and what goes underneath the mount? The idea for me is to assemble them before I put them on the car.

[BillionPa]

uuuuuuuuuuuum what?

do you mean the actual bilstein unit disassembled, or the rear strut unit stripped down to individual components?

[markus]

the rear strut stripped down to see the bump stops and stuff. I looked at real oem but no avail.

[Felixdacat]

Lookie lookie I found you a breakdown. Its an e32 diagram, but is the same as an e34.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=GA82&mospid=47338&btnr=33_0533&hg=33&fg=45&hl=1

[markus]

ok so what else will i need? I know im going to need a lower and upper spring pad as well as #2/ Are the spring pads nesecary? Also what is number 5?

[632 Regal]

#5 is the existing aluminum assembly if you have it, no need to replace it.

[markus]

maybe this will help

http://www.bavauto.com/assets/imglib500/b46_1486.jpg

what are the 4 other brass pieces in this picture? I know the one part is where the spring sits but what about the other 2 parts, not the nut but the thing with the hole in the middle. Also Do I need to use spring pads?

sorry for all the annoying questions.

[632 Regal]

thats all the crap that comes with the shock, its the top limiter that hits the bumpstop, the spring perch, a sleeve so the shock will fit the small and large shock mount and the top bolt.

nothing else to report on this post...lol

[markus]

did u run spring pads or no?

[632 Regal]

sure did, keeps things quieter
did u run spring pads or no?

[markus]

ok so one last question. besides the spring pads and bump stops and protection sleves the bilsteins come with everything u need to assebmle it?

[632 Regal]

yep :D

[markus]

thank you