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We are privately owned, with access to a professional Diesel Mechanic, who can provide additional support for Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel vehicles. Many detailed information is FREE and available to read. However, in order to interact directly with our Diesel Mechanic, Michael, by phone, via zoom, or as the web-based option, Subscription Plans are offered that will enable these and other features. Go to the Subscription Page and Select a desired plan. At any time you wish to cancel the Subscription, click Subscription Page, select the 'Cancel' button, and it will be canceled. For your convenience, all subscriptions are on auto-renewal.
About a year ago I bought a bunch of washers that would be about the right size for shims. Then after doing research about it decided not to run them as people were saying they weren't hard enough steel.
Fast forward to about a month ago when I ordered new injectors, I bought some shims about the same time, but there were some complications with the wrong ones being sent, which I found out after having the injectors on the bench... So thinking back to the washers, I decided to try it.
I wrote down the exact pressures I set each one to, aaannnnnddddd temporarily misplaced it, but they were all 320 bar +/- 3 bar. I put the higher pop ones on the outside cylinders and the lower in the center. I put a couple hundred miles on them, enough to know I didn't like that particular pop pressure setting. So I took them all out and here's where they popped at.
These are also brand new nozzles, so you can expect the pressures to drop slightly as everything seats together. Overall I was happy with it, while I probably won't be using them again for peace of mind, if someone's in a pinch then I say go for it.
Another thing I might add, the shims I got were from a reputable shop. It was an assortment of different thicknesses, while most the shims were definitely genuine shims, there were two sizes that looked like washers. The difference being shims are very square looking, having sharp corners, and washers have more rounded corners. Generally speaking, shims will be made out of a stronger steel less prone to dis-forming.