Rear Shocks Stolen

[MNWILKO]

Ya like writing tickets for Jaywalking or illegal tint when its factory tint, or sitting and waiting all day for someone to make a mistake by making a left turn.

I got Ticketed for factory tint on my truck in SoCal. Had my eye doctor write me a prescription stating I needed X amount of light blocked while driving to safely operate a moving vehicle and they dropped the charges...

 

[Antlers]

After a recent theft of my rear shocks, I decided to look for a product that could protect them from repeat theft. After a bit of research I came upon Shock Security. It looked like a good, simple solution so, after a brief discussion with them, ordered a set. They did inform me that the upper shock mount bolts would need to be replaced with standard non-flanged bolts in order to fit into the lock washers. I found that M12x1.75 was the stock thread pitch and that they needed to be 70mm long with a 19mm head. These are what I ended up ordering:

Bolts
Nuts






With everything sorted it was time to install.

Tools required:

- 2 1/2" drive ratchets or equivalent. (1" wrench or Crescent wrench would work too)

-Torque wrench

-19mm socket

-19mm wrench

-Shock Security Keys (2 included)

-Prybar

-Red Loctite (optional)



I began by jacking up the truck enough for the suspension to droop and removed the top bolt. I then inserted the new bolt with Shock security Washer installed (this involved a little prybar action, but I'm sure there's a better way. I was doing this in a parking lot and had to make do. Shock Security sends two different types of washer. One is shallower for the bolt head, one is deeper for the nut. The difference is obvious.



Snug up the bolts with the included keys and then torque to 66 Ft/Lbs.







The keys are machined with pretty tight tolerances so it does take a bit of wiggling to get them all lined up. Make sure they're fully seated before applying any serious torque.

Sleep easy knowing your shocks are safe from anything but the most determined thieves.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

How long after ordering did it take to get them?

 

[Antlers]

Ordered Friday received monday.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Did you just do the top mount or the bottom too?

 

[MatMan]

THANKS VERY MUCH, look forward to buying you a sympathy beer. Question: why did you order two 10-packs of nuts and only one 5-pack of bolts?

Edit: that's so when the nylocks age you can replace, smart. Order placed

And a big F U to the thieves!

 

[TheJoker]

I think if a potential thief looked at the top nuts and saw these security washers, they would just keep on walking. Doing the bottom nuts is just overkill.

 

[Antlers]

Did you just do the top mount or the bottom too?

Just the top. Went with red loctite on the bottom.

THANKS VERY MUCH, look forward to buying you a sympathy beer. Question: why did you order two 10-packs of nuts and only one 5-pack of bolts?

Edit: that's so when the nylocks age you can replace, smart.

Bingo.

I think if a potential thief looked at the top nuts and saw these security washers, they would just keep on walking. Doing the bottom nuts is just overkill.

That's what I'm thinking too.

 

[R1jamn]

I got the shock security locks in as well as the replacement hardware. Happy to report that none of the issues I thought I would have manifested themselves. Shock security had already figured about my concerns and machined two different locks. Half of them are machined ~7mm deep to cover the bolt head while the others are machined ~12mm deep to cover the, generally taller, nut. I ended up going with the Nyloc nuts and even though they run taller than most nuts, they're protected perfectly by the locks. I'm pretty impressed with them.

So these locks were custom machined for you to use the 12mm bolt and nyloc?
If I order a 12mm bolt (grade 10.9) and nut, will I need custom machined locks so they will sit flush or below?

I'm not seeing the entire picture here of what your correspondence with the company was.

 

[MatMan]

So these locks were custom machined for you to use the 12mm bolt and nyloc?
If I order a 12mm bolt (grade 10.9) and nut, will I need custom machined locks so they will sit flush or below?

I'm not seeing the entire picture here of what your correspondence with the companty was.

He ordered the locks from shocksecurity.com, to prevent the new hardware from being unbolted and shocks re-stolen.

That's what "his correspondence with the company was" he ordered a set of locks from the interwebszes