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| roughneck Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: UK, Germany & USA Vehicle(s): 270 cdi.300 GD 300 GE.lwb 300 GE.swb. Disco 2 Posts: 4398  | ||
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| kerry460 Elite Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: tasmania australia Vehicle(s): 1984 300GD LWB WAGEN Posts: 611  | ||
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| roughneck Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: UK, Germany & USA Vehicle(s): 270 cdi.300 GD 300 GE.lwb 300 GE.swb. Disco 2 Posts: 4398 | RE: SHOCKS kerry460 - 2/3/2007 12:21 AM G,,day just a comment on the spacers on top mounts my 460 has spacers as standard and appear to be about same thickness as in photos ,so i wouldnt call it bodged up cheers kerry. (i love konis) Then you will have noticed that the securing bolt should be fully through the lock nut retainer by about 1/4 inch as in pic 1, pic 2 however shows that the lock nut is not fully over the bolt and therefore in danger of being vibrated loose, In my opinion components either fit or they are bodged. Look through any G workshop manual they do not have a spacer as standard, the rubber bush in the top of the shock is designed to be free to flex, the centere metal sleeve only to be clamped, the spacer is clamping the bush. The top attachment is not just a nut and bolt, it is a purpose designed fixing point and the nuts should be replaced with a new one whenever they are removed. A UK member who has fitted these shocks has ground a chunk out of the spring mounts to prevent it chaffing the shock, if that is not a bodge I don't know what is. Also less than 50% of the piston rod appears to be visible, so that the shock will be fully compressed before the spring is, thus the shock becomes the bump stop, in extension the opposite will take place with the possibility of the coil spring displacing from it's location. the exposed part of the rod will collect grit and accelerate wear in the seal as it passes through it. I too like and use Konis, but horses for courses.size isnt every thing  Edited by roughneck 2/2/2007 8:08 PM | |
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| elevatorbernie Expert Date registered: Aug 2006 Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada Vehicle(s): 1989 280GE Posts: 1347  | RE: SHOCKS roughneck - 2/2/2007 4:53 PM I used thread locker, they won't come loose Then you will have noticed that the securing bolt should be fully through the lock nut retainer by about 1/4 inch as in pic 1, pic 2 however shows that the lock nut is not fully over the bolt and therefore in danger of being vibrated loose  | |
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| elevatorbernie Expert Date registered: Aug 2006 Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada Vehicle(s): 1989 280GE Posts: 1347 | RE: SHOCKS roughneck - 2/2/2007 4:53 PM Size is everything, go big, go koni horses for courses.size isnt every thing :)  | |
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| hus55 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: north cyprus,lapta. Vehicle(s): 300GDS, G300 LONG,300GDT CLK55 AMG CAB. Posts: 2230 | ||
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| Photoman Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 280GE, ML500, 280SE 3.5 | Re: SHOCKS COOL - I have my Konis set on the softest setting (as you should when they are new) and the Koni chap here in NZ said to leave them like that and as they start to wear out then click them up one and they'll be like new again. I guess they'll last a while!!! I have put my order in to get them for my 463 as well  | |
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| hus55 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: north cyprus,lapta. Vehicle(s): 300GDS, G300 LONG,300GDT CLK55 AMG CAB. Posts: 2230 | ||
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| Photoman Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 280GE, ML500, 280SE 3.5 | ||
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| hus55 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: north cyprus,lapta. Vehicle(s): 300GDS, G300 LONG,300GDT CLK55 AMG CAB. Posts: 2230 | ||
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