Koni insert pictures?

[chrisf]

Does anyone have any pics they could post, of Koni inserts?

I finally got around to removing the front inserts lastnight. I removed the large collar nut on the top of the strut (it has two holes opposite of each other) & pulled out what I thought would be some type of complete, sealed cartdridge unit or somethings. What came out was what I'd consider to be the internals of a shock. It was a mess, oil every where!! I quickly moved this "thing" over the top of a pan to catch the oil, and at that point, it basically fell apart. This is not what I was expecting to find.

I'm looking for pictures to give me an idea of what I will see when I open the box containing my new inserts.

Thanks,
~Chris F.

[stealthn]

Chris,

I could not find any of the inserts only the rears. I have Koni sport adjustables all around.

The same thing happened to me, parts came out along with alot of gunk. I cleaned the inside of the shock housing out, put in the inserts and put in some antifreeze for coolant, then tightened everything up.

That was a year ago and they have been great ever since.

If you have any questions, just let me know,

Cheers

[poorsha]

My 72 was the same.
On the early cars they had oil filled struts.
Hope the pics help.

[chrisf]

poorsha: your picture shows what I was expecting, a contained type insert, that would simply slide out of the top of the strut. I'm wondering if I have left the casing for the insert in the strut, basically pulling the insert apart as I was trying to remove it from the strut. The outer thingy on my insert (or at least what I was able to remove from the strut housing) had this spiraled-like......I guess what you could consider a very very large & course thread....maybe three or four or so turns up.

I'll try to post some pictures tonight.

Thanks again for the replies.

~Chris F

[poorsha]

What year is the car?

[chrisf]

76 911s, w/ Koni struts.

Those inserts you show in your pictures look nothing like what came out of my struts lastnight!!

[poorsha]

My 74 was exactly the same as you describe.
Just give the inside a good clean with a cloth and all will be right.

[Tim L]

What you removed was the original innards of the strut. What you’re going to put back is a self-contained insert. Totally normal

[chrisf]

thanks for the info.

Much clearer to me now.

[bavaria911]

I need the exact same inserts for my Koni Struts, the stamp # of the insert is 1638. Anyone selling a good set?
TIA,
Bavaria

[chrisf]

which ones are you refering to, the original inserts as Tim L has mentioned or the newer ones, as in poorsha's pics?

My original inserts are complete, but weren't really working all that well.