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Adjusting Rear Konis
I just bought rear Konis for my car and it says on them that they are adjustable and I got some pretty crappy directions for adjusting them. My ride is already pretty stiff and I use the car mostly for auto-x so I wouldn't mind having the rear set pretty stiff. Has anyone adjusted these because I know you have to do it before you put them on the car? I tried compressing them and twisting like the directions appear to say but I never reached a stopping point like I do with the fronts. Am I completely stupid for not being able to figure this out? Help?!?!?!
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05-23-2005, 09:03 AM
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I have a different series shock but IIRC, I just put the bottom end in a vise, compress fully and turn full left to engage the adjusters and set to zero. Righty/tighty by clicks to increase stiffness and then release compression to disengage adjuster.
Good luck
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You need to remove the urethane bumper from inside the hollow tube portion of the shock before you can compress them enough to get to the adjusters. To do this, you need to make up some type of long hook. A large-wire paperclip might work. The urethane bumper is painted in-place and stuck up in there pretty good though. strech it out, and bend it into a short hook on one end. grab the other end with pliers. Run the small hook up into the tube, hook it into the soft urethane, and pull! it's best to put the shock into a vice, so you have both hands free to grab the pliers and pull until it comes free.
As Bertman said, putting it into a vice again, while you compress and turn is also very helpful.
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