2005-2022 Ford Superduty Front & Rear Shock Replacement How-To

This video shows you how to replace the front and rear shocks on the 2005-2022 Ford F-250, F-350, and F-450 Superduty trucks. Shocks were purchased from Amazon and I will provide a link to them below.
Bilstein 5100 Shocks with 6" Lift: amzn.to/46eKMNW
Bilstien 5100 Shocks With Stock Height: amzn.to/3PiUHfq

[@spankymagee]

Your the champ for muting the loud stuff when you do that. Nice video

[@user-ui7mq6vl6z]

Thank you for the info about the Allen wrench to help tighten the forward shocks.

[@user-ui7mq6vl6z]

I replaced the rear today. It would not let me put the writing up. The circumstance was to small to fit with writing up.

[@susiervo1]

Use a large lever flat head pry bar to compress the shock

[@jeffdowjones]

Thanks for making this video! The notes I took will help me when I do mine...and a special thx for telling us the torque specs!

[@treemanchris]

Great job. I just upgraded my stops with sumo springs front and back.

[@joeybobbie1]

Great Video, Thanks for making it, it will be handy when I do mine.👍👍

[@thomasmiskimin9845]

Thank you for the video. I do not think I could have completed the job without it. Lots of busted knuckles and sore hands today. I think it was a bit tougher on a non lifted truck? I had to cut some of the wheel liner away in order to have room for the Allen key at least on the passenger side. On the drivers side, I found I could get to the top of the nut through the engine bay, at least on the triton V10. Hope that helps someone else.

[@SuperDuty23XL]

great job on the video. Think this is something I'll do to my 23 F350. Maybe if I do it soon enough the nuts won't be do tough to remove. It looks pretty tight under there on mine without a lift so we'll see. I hear good things about the Fox 2.0. Expensive but think I'll try.

[@Truckerbigjim]

Why not put the top stud in the front first then push up and bolt the bottom? That was easier for me

[@jamjon85]

Could you tell me what bed camper that is? Thanks for your videos!

[@wtfd95]

Really enjoyed your video on drain and replacing coolant on my 2019 F-350. Used that vacuum tool too. Thanks for the great detailed instructions. My question is what brand of brake replacement/upgrade do you recommend? I am looking at R1Concepts or PowerStop. Thank you Sir. 🇺🇸

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

Never used R1Concepts but I have used powerstop many times and have never had issues with them you just need to make sure you follow the break in procedure for the pads and rotors. Some of the negative reviews on them are because people not following that break in procedure correctly.

[@wtfd95]

@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it, PowerStop it is!

[@fiveohhh9185]

Was it making any loud clunking noise only when turning or hitting a bump at like 30 mph

[@dany1782]

Awesome Job, Thank You for sharing, right now I have a 4.5 lift kit from Rough Country and I want to replace shocks with the Bilsteins, do you know if they have a 4.5 version?

[@dany1782]

By the way truck is a 2019 F250 6.7

[@popov26]

2017 F350 here. My rear shocks have the boots at the top and the bilstein logos are at the bottom but are readable. I did not install them so the letters are upside down. What gives??

[@alleydog4309]

FYI. the rear shocks are installed upside down. They will probably work the same, don’t know why they wouldn’t, but over time the debris covers may wear prematurely and expose the piston shafts to a lot of dust and rock nicks that may damage the seals.

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

Many people have commented on this issue. The rear shocks are supposed to be mounted like this even confirmed this with bilstein. The label is supposed to be readable and not upside down. So the way I mounted them is the correct way.

[@nobody1a]

Why did you not charge the shocks first?

[@StevenOsburn]

Excellent video - so glad I found it. I'm about to apply what I learned on the Bilsteins that arrived at my door yesterday! One question though - you mentioned 66 ft lbs for the rear shocks - I found other people saying it is 111 ft lbs for lower bolts on both the front and rear. Are you sure it's 66?

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

I have a couple ford manual’s and one says 66 and the other says 111 but then I saw somewhere else where it says 46 so that’s why I went with 66 since it’s more towards the middle. But honestly if you go anywhere between 66-111 you’ll be fine.

[@fifty6648]

I've been seeing the same thing the numbers are all over the place

[@frankwise7049]

Why are the rear shocks mounted upside down? The mounts appeared to be the same.

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

They are supposed to be mounted this way. According to bilstein it helps the boots drain and keep dirt and moisture out.

[@dukebrehm7220]

the billsteun logo should be readable, i think you put them on backwards

[@BLUECOLLARGARAGE]

Are you talking about the rears? If so they are readable these shocks are designed to be mounted like this. If they were flipped to where the boot is on top then the bilstien logo would be upside down and unreadable.