Caster adjustable top mounts that fit correctly!?

[Tehxman116]

Hey guys. I'm after some caster adjustable top mounts that fit Bilstein B14s correctly. I've tried the BC top mounts but they don't slide down the shaft far enough and don't get enough thread engagement (see pics) The top mounts aren't wide enough to go over the thicker part just below the thread.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

[Usr117063]

Ive got a feeling the asts are shorter but Its been a while since I had them so not 100%

 

[Kev@KAM]

The BC top mount is upside down in the pictures.

 

[Kev@KAM]

I spoke to you today?
This is the photo from when I fitted some donkeys yonks ago

 

[Kev@KAM]

 

[JamesBryan]

Gonna say, it's upside down 😂

Plus you need to take the silver top hat off as well.

 

[Tehxman116]

Gonna say, it's upside down 😂

Plus you need to take the silver top hat off as well.

The black bit is upside down yes (Not sure why they put it like that when they took pictures) but that isn't the problem anyway. The top hat that sits on the spring wouldn't go further down to meet the spring. The top hat wasn't wide enough to fit over the thicker part of the shaft

 

[Tehxman116]

I spoke to you today?
This is the photo from when I fitted some donkeys yonks ago
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You did yes! The top hat on yours looks different to the ones I had.

 

[JamesBryan]

The black bit is upside down yes but that isn't the problem anyway. The top hat that sits on the spring wouldn't go further down to meet the spring.

The pictures from Kam clearly show they fit though?

 

[Tehxman116]

The pictures from Kam clearly show they fit though?

They do. Not sure if the ones I had were different in some way. They were definitely missing the black part that's under the top hat

 

[JamesBryan]

They do. Not sure if the ones I had were different in some way. They were definitely missing the black part that's under the top hat

Ahh right.

That's just a plastic spacer to stop metal to metal contact.

 

[Tehxman116]

Going to buy another set of these and fit them myself now that I've got time. Starting to think the mech was having a bad day tbh...

 

[Tehxman116]

Right, fit these in the rain yesterday as I'm impatient! They fit perfectly fine. The mounts sit above the thicker part of the shaft unlike the standard top hats. Just had to re adjust the preload to sort that. Thread engagement is fine. I'm not sure what the fuss was about at the garage.

 

[JamesBryan]

Right, fit these in the rain yesterday as I'm impatient! They fit perfectly fine. The mounts sit above the thicker part of the shaft unlike the standard top hats. Just had to re adjust the preload to sort that. Thread engagement is fine. I'm not sure what the fuss was about at the garage.

They probably saw the spring was loose because of the gap difference and thought "this must be wrong they don't fit"

 

[Kev@KAM]

Right, fit these in the rain yesterday as I'm impatient! They fit perfectly fine. The mounts sit above the thicker part of the shaft unlike the standard top hats. Just had to re adjust the preload to sort that. Thread engagement is fine. I'm not sure what the fuss was about at the garage.

Glad its sorted! second time lucky