what is the right way to adjust my shocks, should I adjust from the right (stiffest) to the left (softest) or from left to right? it's very important to me, becasue my four shocks have different click numbers(18, 18, 19, 20) and I can't understand the japenese manual. Please help, thanks in advance !!

 

i have HA with upper pillow ball mounts, right to tighten, left to loosen. RA and HA are identical except your are a bit stiffer and a bit lighter in weight, other than that they the same.

 

It's easy. Just make sure you turn it left until it does not move any longer.
Righty=Tighty, Lefty=lossey. Don't go over 16 clicks as it will but doing this will basically strip out the damper soon...so don't go over 16 even if it allows you go beyond 16.

 

thanks. I also want to know all adjustment steps. which one is correct ?
1. should I first switch to the end of right (stiffest) and then start loosen it till the level I want.
OR
2. swich to the end of left (softest) and then tighten (to the right) it till the level I want.

 

thanks

 

I have been told to start from stiff and count down 16 and that would be the lowest soft setting, and yet I have also been told to start from the softest, and count to 16 which will be full stiff. I've been told two contradicting things also. I didn't know which one to believe so I just started from full soft.I wish I knew how to read japanese. It only cost about 75 bucks to to revalve each shock, 100 if you want to make it 22 way adjustable, cheaper than buying a new set.


[Modified by Gump, 12:14 AM 5/29/2002]

 

As I know from a friend that does read Japanese, you tighted(right twist) then count down as you twist...16 down is the softest vs. leaving it cranked is the hardest. You're supposed to do this everytime adjust even for 1 incremental change.

 

almost right. u need to turn to the most stiff(clockwise) then turn back 15 click(see, the rightest is 16, then u turn 1 click, its 15 if u turn 16 click, that will be -1), then its the softest.

 

yeh spoon_ek9 is right. for the tein's it's "full right" as the first step. then turn it left to the number of clicks desired, but no less then 16.

 

I second that.

 

exact words i was gonna use

 

I am plannign to get a set of RA's, 00TypeR, I was told that the RA's were half the weight of the HA's, can you confrim??

 

My HA's go to 22 so are you sayingthat I should turn them all the way right(to 22) and then count 16 or 15 back...that would be the softest?

 

essex - yes thats what you need to do. Start from full stiff (full right) then click down to 15 for soft (turning left).

-Nick


[Modified by Nick248, 11:15 AM 5/29/2002]

 

yes, RA is alot lighter than HA. HA is a entry level suspension(steel, twin tube), and RA is a competition suspension(aluinmium, mono tube).

 

the springs on the RA/RE are heavy though, compared to the swift springs on the zeal coilovers...

 

i asked this exact same question while ago and i was told not to go over 16 clicks from full left lock. i think it was aj pwr and god that confirmed.

i have the assembly manual that i can scan. anyone read jap?

 

dont worry about that, we are right.

 

thanks for all the replies !!
spoon_ek9 is right according to the tien web I checked just now !! http://www.tein.com/ti/h96.html