Koni yellow sport shock fork collar
08-18-2018, 03:15 PM
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I'd say that's *NOT* normal...
08-18-2018, 10:51 PM
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OP,
Did the bottom of the shock hit the axel? In your picture, it seems there are a few inches of clearance, but it occurred to me that the axel may be hanging low because you lifted the car.
Did the bottom of the shock hit the axel? In your picture, it seems there are a few inches of clearance, but it occurred to me that the axel may be hanging low because you lifted the car.
08-18-2018, 11:50 PM
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Yes it did hit the axle during the impact when the plate from the shock fell of. This is what the plate looks like.
08-19-2018, 12:07 AM
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Yes, I believe it was manufacture defect or maybe koni Drop the ball on their research on our car make. The stock shock you can see for yourself has ring and a buldg to prevent the shock from sliding through like that.
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08-20-2018, 03:55 PM
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From my best recollection, there isn’t an oem ring, but there is a metal nub (like your recent pic) (if you will that prevents the shock from going beyond the fork). Again this was years ago during install, but am pretty sure the nub is there, and difficult to remove (if wanting to lower the shock to get more travel, as some have done).PM moderator Justnspace......he may have more accurate info...
08-20-2018, 04:35 PM
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08-20-2018, 05:28 PM
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The stock rings aren't welded on. You can remove them via hammer pretty easily.
They butt up against a thicker portion of the shock, however...which prevents them from sliding upward.
OP's shock likely had a manufacturing defect...or the pinch bolt was under-torqued...or the parts were assembled in an incorrect orientation.
I don't think the design is very good. But...Koni yellows are meant to be massively inexpensive.
They butt up against a thicker portion of the shock, however...which prevents them from sliding upward.
OP's shock likely had a manufacturing defect...or the pinch bolt was under-torqued...or the parts were assembled in an incorrect orientation.
I don't think the design is very good. But...Koni yellows are meant to be massively inexpensive.
08-20-2018, 05:39 PM
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Koni Yellows have been pretty popular here on this site and this is the first I've seen of this failure..
@justnspace Have you seen this happen before?
@justnspace Have you seen this happen before?
08-20-2018, 05:53 PM
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I've seen that failure on a cheap set of shocks that had a similar spot welded tab.
The tab probably isn't doing a majority of holding the car up. It seems to me that its just there to locate the shock.
The pinch bolt (when properly installed) should be doing most of the heavy lifting. Don't take that as direction to over-torque the pinch bolt though.
You're definitely putting a crushing amount of weight into that point. They really should design the shock with a thicker section to prevent upward travel....similar to stock...or similar to Tein, etc.
The tab probably isn't doing a majority of holding the car up. It seems to me that its just there to locate the shock.
The pinch bolt (when properly installed) should be doing most of the heavy lifting. Don't take that as direction to over-torque the pinch bolt though.
You're definitely putting a crushing amount of weight into that point. They really should design the shock with a thicker section to prevent upward travel....similar to stock...or similar to Tein, etc.
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