Rear shocks elan s3

[Dieschelan]

Hi

I have a problem with my rear dampers. I’m installing my rear shock absorbes but I can’t tighten the upper washer. I have rebuild my old konis and bought secondhand rear uprights. Are the dampers too long? Are my Konis incorrect..

Cheers

Diego

[reds4se]

There should be a gap of 1 to 4mm when the collar is tightened according to the koni instructions i have seen .

[ill_will]

Hi Diego,

Is the gap symmetric side to side?

[Dieschelan]

Hi Diego,

Is the gap symmetric side to side?

Yes is symmetric!

[reds4se]

This is how mine looked before disassembly.

[Quart Meg Miles]

The fixing nuts vary between manufacturers because the dampers vary in size, but those supplied should be correct unless your housing is shorter than normal.

The type you need has a tube with the securing thread on the outside that fits between damper and the tube with a large washer welded on the top to press on the top of the damper. This washer has flats on its edges, or be hexagonal/octagonal to tighten it up. Here's one without a strut in the tube.

Shorter dampers just have a threaded collar to hold them down with slots on the top to tighten them.