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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 5:06:51 AM

josh1899

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Hmmmm.........The boot is on top?

Here were the ones on my '06

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Well i guess the design has changed, because the ones that i put on mine have the boot on the top where the single stud it that go's into shock mount. It seems to me that they could slide the boot down to access the cam bolts. Does anyone have the shocks with the boots on top, and if so have you had the truck aligned?

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 3:45:22 PM

josh1899

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I checked the part #'s on my shocks, and they are the same as on Trail Duty's website, so the cognitos have in fact been redesigned. The boots are on top of the shocks now instead of the bottoms as shown in pictures on website. I'm heading to dealer tomorrow a.m. to get alignment, so i hope this redesign doesn't indeed pose a problem with the access to cam bolts!

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 4:01:36 PM

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my local 4x4 parts center quoted me 1 hour labor and $175 for the alignment if wanted the leveling kit. but here in bay area, seems everything costs more, they charge $120 hour for labor !!!

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 4:27:31 PM

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I posted the second set of numbers on page one if you are interested, just FYI

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 5:09:27 PM

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I did a front-end alignment after I adjusted the torsion bars, installed Bilstein/Cognito shocks (with the boots up) and installed larger tires. I stopped by the Goodyear store and they did not impress me at all, besides they wanted $100 to do the job. So I went to the same place that always aligned my pickups and they did the alignment without any problems for $86.95. They said the truck was hardly off at all, even after the torsion bar adjustment and it drives as straight as an arrow.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 6:09:15 PM

josh1899

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Thanks for info alphadogg. Ill keep my fingers crossed that everything go's smoothly at dealership. If you got it done, then obviously it can be done, and the guy was full of s#*@ at Firestone.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/6/2008 7:45:01 PM

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I took mine to my local dealership today to have my 6-disc radio unlocked and got the front end alignment. I was able to talk to the tech doing the alignment and told him that since the front had been lifted 2" with the torsion bars and I had put on longer shocks that it "might" be a bit out of spec. He just grinned. All in all, I spent almost 3 hours at the dealership today but got the radio unlocked ($45) and the alignment ($60) plus a car wash. No complaints here.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/7/2008 6:49:16 PM

Gunner_45

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Did they just go in throught the OBDII port to unlock it?

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/7/2008 8:09:56 PM

josh1899

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Got everything aligned today. no probs at all at the dealership. I guess the guy @ Firestone was in fact an idiot.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/8/2008 1:39:53 AM

BKNBLCK

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Gunner,

I'm not sure how they unlocked it, but I don't think they pulled the radio back out of the dash. So my guess is they hooked a laptop up to the port. The service person/valet told me that it took them "a bit" to figure it out. Guess they don't have that many people come in swapping radios. Atleast they figured it out within a hours worth of labor. When I first called about doing this a month ago, they wanted $90 to reprogram and for me to leave it all day. When in doubt, call back a week or so later and hope you get someone else.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/9/2008 8:07:22 PM

JeepeaterH3

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firestone freakin sucks. i have lifetime with them... it takes 3 times and over 6 hours for them to do it.. and its still never good!!

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/10/2008 10:57:39 PM

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ORIGINAL: josh1899

I checked the part #'s on my shocks, and they are the same as on Trail Duty's website, so the cognitos have in fact been redesigned.

They are using a different shock now. The original ones were for a Ford (BE5-6140-T5). Cognito modified the lower mount (eye to clevis) and the internal bumpstops. They are now using a shock meant for a GM K1500 and it looks like they just modify the bumpstops now.

As for the original topic, Firestone sucks. I went there for the lifetime alignment deal. They had my truck all day and it was worse afterwards than when I took it in. You could actually see the toe-in and it pulled hard.

I didn't have time for them to fix it. I'll take it back to them one more time with the Truxxx specs to see if they can get it done right.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/11/2008 7:43:19 AM

Doc Olds

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AND.................nobody has a pic of the redesigned/new cognitos????

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/11/2008 7:50:55 AM

Gunner_45

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Just use your imagination Doc.

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RE: Need HELP w/ alignment!!! - 3/11/2008 7:12:00 PM

josh1899

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I'll have pics of all my recent mods next week when my Rocky Road sliders come in.

Figured I'd get everything done before I post up pics.