Koni rear shock horror! Advice please

[RichardS]

Dismantling my rear suspension and removing Koni shock inserts. The first one came out without a problem but the second one unscrewed and came out dripping oil and leaving the outer Koni casing down the housing - beyond the thread at the top of the housing!

Any clever ideas on how to extract the offending item? The inside of the casing is very shiny and oily so I'm not sure how to get hold of it to pull out.

Richard

[john.p.clegg]

Richard
Get yourself down to the next carboot/autojumble,or if you're flush with cash an engineers supply merchant, and purchase a large tap (doesn't matter what thread but if it's left hand it helps) of approx the correct diameter and use it as an "easy-out".....


John

[holywood3645]

I have 2 good Koni inserts if your interested.
James
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in USA

[reb53]

Is it stuffed or are you planning on reassembling it and re-using it?
If it's the latter I guess you don't want any destructive removal methods which will thin the replies down a little.

Ralph.

[Dave-M]

Carefully drill a hole in the steel closing cap in the strut bottom (ali housing). With a suitable punch tap the outer tube upwards. When removed clean around the drilled hole and MIG it up.
Regards
Dave

[RichardS]

Thanks for the ideas - I will let you know how I get on.

Richard