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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 09:32 AM
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Default Koni adjustable part please help
So we installed the koni adjustables yesterday front and rears. Once we got done we realized there was a washer looking part in the box left over... anybody know where this goes? Its about 3 inches in diameter and about 1/8 inch thick with a small whole in the middle..... I think thats the best way to descibe it.Please let me know if youll have an idea on where that goes... thank you
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It goes above the front shock in between the shock and the shock mount. You shouldn't have had only one leftover since there is supposed to be one for each front shock.

If you search "koni washer" there are some pictures.

Just for reference, if it is the washer I am thinking about it is 54mm OD, 10.4mm ID.
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Ya i have 2 left over it looks like this.
its the silver washer.


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Here it is... goes right on top of the adjuster hat...
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Here it is... goes right on top of the adjuster hat...
Yep those are the part that he has left over.
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wow. nice find. thank you so much. and yes those are the ones im missing. ok well i guess ill be pulling the assembly apart tonight again. oh well lol. my fault. thanks for the help guys. i really appreciate the time . i want to post pics of the setup when im done. it looks good with all the BMR stuff on there now.
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The only pitfall I can think of with that is the top nuts are nylon lock nuts right? I don't know how well they will work taking them off and putting them back on.
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Im not to certain. I would say they are not because the are same ones i used from the stock shock. So with that being said they were taking off when the first set of springs were put on and then i removed them and put them back on again. ....
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Are you sure about that? I thought they were a different size? I could be misremembering.
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Ya im pretty sure. The parts seem like they come with the least amount of new bolts and nuts. They make u re use most of your stock stuff
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It should have come with an upper nut though, not any of the lower bolts. I was trying to remember if it was nylon locking nut or not and I am pretty sure that it is. I didn't think that the Koni even took the same nut as stock...

A lot of people have to cut the OEM nuts anyway so it would be crappy if you were supposed to reuse them.

At any rate, I think the Koni takes an M10x1.5 top nut so if you need another one you can try to find a nyloc in that size, or a regular one and use a lock washer.
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Ya i believe you are correct. Im gokng to have to look for them tomorrow. I insralled the stock nuts on there though. Seemed like thy went on ok... But i wonder if they fit if they would back of in the future without a lock washer
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Koni SA included front shock nuts ARE nyloc, I just finally finished my fronts this past Friday, and they're 17 mm nuts if I recall correctly...
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Haz-Matt is right about the size. It is M10x1.50. I double nutted mine just for piece of mind
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Ya i found them. But i put the stock nuts on. I hope they are ok
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Originally Posted by libertyforall1776
Koni SA included front shock nuts ARE nyloc, I just finally finished my fronts this past Friday, and they're 17 mm nuts if I recall correctly...
They take something like a 17mm wrench or socket, but they are M10x1.5 because nuts are listed based on the thread size, not what wrench they take.
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Ya you guy are right i found them after the fact though lol. Im a tard.
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