Dust covers on Bilsteins

[Backally]

Ordered new Bilstins shocks, 70 Duster. The fronts come without dust covers. Is this normal? My only option is those corrugated type ones which I don’t like. The 4wd guys go without, claim they trap dirt/mud. I won’t be driving in mud though. Are the dust covers necessary?

 

[Swinger340Canuc]

I bought the same ones and have the same question, thanks for asking it I’d like to know as well.

 

[72bluNblu]

They don’t come with them, so you didn’t miss anything. Supposedly they aren’t needed, better seals etc now. If you wanted to run a cover you’d have to find a generic one, unless maybe you can find a part number from Bilstein.

 

[Backally]

Summit sells these, but even if they fit in the uca they’re ugly. Thanks for the reply

 

[PST]

We have been asked this many times and posed the same question to RCD/Bilstein and they state that they use a double lipped seal in cases where there is no dust cover. So there is no need for the cover.

Thanks
James

 

[Backally]

. Thanks!

 

[Unconventional]

We never bothered with them on the desert racers. The brush and rocks just brutalized them anyway. Chances were the end would snap off the shaft before the shaft got a nick and boogered the seal. We carried spares.

 

[71DodgeDemon340]

Same with the hotchkis fox shocks, no dust cover needed

 

[Swinger340Canuc]

Thanks James, I was pretty sure the function would be fine its the looks that I was after since I'm doing a factory correct restoration and these might look a little off. Hope you don't mind me jumping on your thread Backally.

 

[Backally]

Thanks James, I was pretty sure the function would be fine its the looks that I was after since I'm doing a factory correct restoration and these might look a little off. Hope you don't mind me jumping on your thread Backally.