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Early Koni adjustment?
I have the Koni adjustables on my car. The old kind you have to take out of the car to adjust. Do I need a spanner wrench to get them out? I can't get the front ones to break loose and it looks like I need a spanner to hold it in place while I break the nut loose. Is it a readily available tool?
Also when you adjust these all the way stiff, how is the ride?
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05-28-2002, 06:04 AM
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Shawn,
A 24 mm socket on a breaker bar and a pipe wrench or Channelock pliers are all that are generally needed at the front. Sometimes an impact wrench will help, I am told, but I have never needed one, yet!
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05-28-2002, 07:40 AM
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Warren,
Thanks for the reply. I never thought about a pipe wrench because I was so preoccupied with finding a spanner to fit. Sometimes a different perspective is all you need. Kinda like we wonder why dogs drink outta the toilet and dogs wonder why we pee in the waterbowl. 
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05-28-2002, 08:43 AM
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It's very stiff if you adjust them up too high. Too stiff! But fun.
Probably better to back them off a few turns.
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Yeah, I got the riot act read to me by the Koni service guy for having my shocks set with too little (much?) rebound (I mean set too stiff). I bought the car that way, so not my fault!
It explained why the handling was fairly crap...
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05-28-2002, 08:32 PM
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So I should go all the way up, then back maybe two clicks? This is such a pain I only want to do it once.
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05-29-2002, 03:25 AM
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1975, 1969 Porsche 911S, 911T 2.7S CIS, 2.0T ca
