Koni Sport Installation....

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Yes, this is correct. You have to hacksaw off some portion of the nub on the
bottom to get the insert to the correct length.
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric S" <scirocco81@vwmail.net>
To: <eseo@thecanyons.com>; "'Neal Tovsen'" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>;
"'Scirocco List (E-mail)'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: Koni Sport Installation....


> If I remember correctly, both from the instructions from Koni and me
putting mine in, you have to hacksaw that stupid nub off, and nothing will
come out of it.
>
> --
> Eric
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>
> --- "Erik Seo - The Canyons Resort" <eseo@thecanyons.com> wrote:
> >>>You didn't rebuild your existing ones? Why not? They
> >>>have a lifetime warranty, and are cheaper to rebuild
> >>>even if you bought them used...
> >
> >I called Koni and they sent out another set of them 2-day air.  I just
have
> >to send the blown ones back and they won't charge my credit card # I gave
> >them.
> >
> >>>I use a bad-a$$ impact gun set on "kill", myself. They
> >>>have a way of working themselves loose...
> >
> >Yah, my old one's came a bit loose the same time my front end started
> >getting bouncy.....and they did use an impact gun.
> >I'll make sure to use the same gun they use on the big ass snow cats
> >here.....
> >
> >Oh, what about the little extension on the bottom of the shock insert?
Is
> >there a cap there that I can pry off?  On the drawing it shows 2 gaps to
> >cut,  and I'm looking right now and it looks like it's a cap.....I don't
> >want to pry the thing off  only to realize that I have just snapped
> >something off with the new shock leaking everywhere!   =)
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Neal Tovsen [mailto:nealtovsen@yahoo.com]
> >>>Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:54 PM
> >>>To: eseo@thecanyons.com; Scirocco List (E-mail)
> >>>Subject: Re: Koni Sport Installation....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> OK, just got a new set of Koni SA's.
> >>>> I had them installed last time, just got the new
> >>>> replacement front inserts
> >>>> as the old one's just blew out.
> >>>
> >>>You didn't rebuild your existing ones? Why not? They
> >>>have a lifetime warranty, and are cheaper to rebuild
> >>>even if you bought them used...
> >>>
> >>>> On the instruction manual there are two things I was
> >>>> wondering about.......
> >>>> It has a photo of adding 50ml of something in the
> >>>> strut housing....is that
> >>>> oil?  what kind?
> >>>
> >>>Whatever kind you have around. Heavy motor oil is
> >>>probably best. It's to provide heat transfer from the
> >>>strut through the housing to be cooled, and to reduce
> >>>the risk of corrosion and cold-welding of the insert
> >>>to the housing.
> >>>
> >>>> Also it's saying not to use an impact gun but to use
> >>>> a torque wrench and an
> >>>> additional box end wrench as it looks in it's little
> >>>> cartoons for the top
> >>>> nut on the strut bearing.
> >>>
> >>>I use a bad-a$$ impact gun set on "kill", myself. They
> >>>have a way of working themselves loose...
> >>>
> >>>Neal
> >>>
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