I have had some A/E shocks that are not machined correctly and the clip pops out no matter what you do. Most of the team guys tell me when one ejects a clip, they change out that shock body.
I give it two tries since I pay for mine, lol, but if they pop out twice, I know I built them right, new shock body.
I mostly hate sitting there wittling down the edges of the spacers, etc. But, something I find alot of racers don't know is that the edges of all the spacers are different on each end. One end is sharp, one is rounded. Always install rounded edge first. Cuts less seals that way,
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...Jim
W.E.D.