Update $195 coilovers.

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Ok folks here's the scoop.

The epoxy is for noise and to keep the collars from coming UP and making 
noise. I used my cutoff wheel to remove all but 3/4" of the perch. The 
reason that its not a big deal about removing the perch is to get them 
adjusted to have 3-4" of travel they are near the tops of the collars with 
them resting on what remains of the perches. I could have removed down to 
1/4" of collar and it would still work just fine. 

So the epoxy only keeps the collar from rattling. I'm guessing that the 
different shock manf. have different sized tubes. So i made a 24 gauge 
sheet metal spacer. And will be epoxying them on after I get info on 
rebuilding my konis...

If anybody has a strut housing with the insert types, Measure the OD of 
the tube and I'll measure these to see if they will fit properly. or you 
can just send me a set :-)


Opinion:
old shocks ie. real koni's not inserts. should not be dissasembled it lets 
the gas out(one was blown anyway).  Dont take the top nuts off the strut 
housing with the the shock pointed down -- it lets the oil out and makes a 
big mess. clean your shocks before you start grinding.  The collar could 
be a little longer or the springs could be a little longer too.

Brian




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