Koni Strut dampening adjustments

[svocudd]

O.K. call me ignorant or stupid or just plain confused. Exactly how many turns does it take to set the standard (for the SVO) koni strut to full firm? I just read a post where guys were talking being a half turn from full firm. I think the Koni instrutions say 2 full turns gets you to full firm but the knob will spin well past that correct. What is the down side to this?


Cudd

[svono50]

Hmmm, I never had a Koni instruction sheet to work off of. I believe my original and now replacement front Koni's had 4 full turns of adjustment. For most of my street/hwy cruising I set them to one full turn off of full soft. For my first and so far only auto-x event I ran them at one full turn off of full firm. There is a pronounced different in just the two turn difference. So far I haven't noticed an issues with the ride quality going down hill over the past 3 years, FWIW.

[NY eric]

any ideas

One of my shocks I can turn almost 4 turns the other one maby 1.5 turns. they have about 5 k on them. Shot?

[SVOeric]

ok -- the adjustment knob will lock at full soft, and full firm--(IE:: Won't turn any farther)

I don't recall how many turns it is from full soft to full firm, but I seem to remember it being somewhere in the 2 turn range --

when you adjust the shocks, the proper way to do it (per the koni instruction booklet) turn them to full firm, (til the knob won't turn any more), and then back both sides down the same number of turns--

NOTE -- one turn == when the K on the koni adjustment knob comes back around to the same spot it was in when you were at full lock.

Cudd -- no -- the adjustment knob will not turn past full firm -- it locks at full firm (and full soft too) -- this is how you know where full firm is

NY Eric -- shot is one way to put it -- FUBAR is another

EDIT :: Dang -- this is a old thread (Except for the newest post)-- didn't realise it

[NY eric]

Originally posted by SVOeric

EDIT :: Dang -- this is a old thread (Except for the newest post)-- didn't realise it [/B]

That is the problem with the search function.

There is no oil on the shock and it responds to the full hard setting so I guess something is messed up inside. A call to Koni is in order I guess.

[SVOeric]

Originally posted by SVOeric

That is the problem with the search function.

I wouldn't call it a problem at all...

If I were being picky, I'd say that this should probably have been a new thread, instead of added to a old one, but I'm not!!

HOWEVER -- it is odd that this was never answered before -- oh well -- it is answered now for future searchers...

[NY eric]

Originally posted by SVOeric
I wouldn't call it a problem at all...

If I were being picky, I'd say that this should probably have been a new thread, instead of added to a old one, but I'm not!!

Regardless Kony said something is wrong and will cover it but the wait is 5 weeks right now. so I will be driving to Carlisle this way.

[SVOeric]

You need to call them back, and let them know that this is your daily driver (it is -- right ) --

then, they will offer to do a cross-ship with you ---
this means you give them a credit card #,
they send you a new set of struts, and if they don't get the old ones back in 15 days (or something in this neighborhood) then you get charged for them.

[NY eric]

I knew

I used this board for a reason. Good Idea eric. They didnt even offer me this. I will try. Thanks again

[SVOeric]

yea -- I think they are told not to offer it, unless you nudge them into it.