Koni Shock issue...

[Brandon12V]

Just ordered brand new compress-to-adjust shocks through tckline(80-2522). Looks like they were drop shipped from koni. I open the box and theyre fully compressed... I decompress them by hand and compress them with ease. They will not decompress on their own. At all. Brand new. What the fuck. They also won't even adjust when full compressed.

[Stanley Rockafella]

I decompress them by hand and compress them with ease. They will not decompress on their own.

it's supposed to be like that

expansion is done with the coil sping (when mounted). contraction is done withthe weight of the car. Shocks are only supposed to CONTROL the rate (speed) at which the suspension absorbs shocks.

[Brandon12V]

it's supposed to be like that

expansion is done with the coil sping (when mounted). contraction is done withthe weight of the car. Shocks are only supposed to CONTROL the rate (speed) at which the suspension absorbs shocks.

you mean just koni, right? because my bilstein sports do not act like this..

[Cinnabar325is]

Yes, they're gas charged I know, but I've found that some new shocks rebound on their own very well and some don't, but that doesn't mean anything is wrong with them. I just got brand new Koni adjustables two days ago through GC and they only partially rebound.

As long as they resist you pulling the piston out with ease, you're good to go.

EDIT: Yeah, it seems in my experience that Bilsteins rebound on their own more strongly than Konis.

[LJ851]

I have konis, they are not the same as bilsteins. Did you even read the instructions on how to adjust them before you spewed shit all over the internet? There is a rubber bump stop up in the top of the outer portion that must be removed to allow the shock to compress far enough to lock into the adjuster. Its a split rubber ring that is held in by that groove near the top of the shock.


Also, since you cant read you should know that it only adjusts rebound.

[Brandon12V]

Actually I did smartass. FYI- there is NO reading. There are three generic pictures on half a sheet of paper. And these didn't come with bump stops. There is nothing inside the top portion besides the white plastic spacer(which I removed). You basically told me everything I already knew which is why I'm here posting this thread. I know they adjust rebound, they still shouldn't compress that easily. Thank you for not helping in any way ethug fuck.

[Nsquared97]

Just bought a set of used Koni's, and they do the same thing. Had me kinda worried as my OEM units, although rusted to hell, rebound all the way on their own fairly rapidly. As long as the shock resists you trying to compress or expand it, you should be good.

BTW, LJ851 is right, there should be a bump stop already installed in the shock you have to remove. A little searching would have helped you out, this question has been posted many times ;) Check out the last post in this thread, should help you out.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=208314&highlight=koni+shock+adjustment

[LJ851]

Actually I did smartass. There is nothing inside the top portion besides the white plastic spacer(which I removed).

This is r3v, i feel obligated to be a smart ass ;)

The rubber bump stop is very hard to see up in there and can be a pain to remove particularly the first time. You have to poke it through the holes in the top to unseat it. With a little grease on it, it comes out a lot easier.

The koni shocks dont have nearly the gas pressure that bilsteins do. I have H&R race springs with mine and there is not nearly enough compression damping especially on rough roads.

[Brandon12V]

That kind of bums me out about the compression bc I have the same springs you do. Should have not been a cheap little bitch and bought double adjustables. Balls.

[TobyB]

Umm, a gas- charged shock that's charged to a high- enough pressure to do anything about oil foaming
WILL spit its piston out the top.

The old Reds weren't gas- charged, and behaved and adjusted as you describe. I ran a pair for a while-
they were pretty good shocks for what they were, which was cheap.

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[lambo]

Kind of on topic... But, when my car is jacked up (i.e. wheels off the ground) and I apply a downward force on my driver's side rear wheel, the Koni shock expands and kinda drops... Is that normal?

[nrubenstein]

Actually I did smartass. FYI- there is NO reading. There are three generic pictures on half a sheet of paper. And these didn't come with bump stops. There is nothing inside the top portion besides the white plastic spacer(which I removed). You basically told me everything I already knew which is why I'm here posting this thread. I know they adjust rebound, they still shouldn't compress that easily. Thank you for not helping in any way ethug fuck.

Actually, some Konis are designed to function like this. Many of them have almost no bump damping and will self retract rather than extend.

If you knew, well, pretty much anything about dampers, you would not compare Bilsteins (high gas pressure monotubes) to Konis (low/no pressure twin tubes. They are not the same. They really aren't even similar.