I did search prior to asking but I didn't come up with an answer to the question I have I'm afraid.

I recently purchased a set of 4 Koni yellows from a guy on ebay. They don't appear to have any leaks and look to be in okay shape although they don't all rebound at the same speed.

My question is, they do not have the ***** on the top only a space for an allen key, would that make these internally adjustable? If so, how do I go about adjusting them exactly?

Thanks in advance!

 

I was under the assumption that all Koni Yellows were externally adjustable at the top... If this is for a civic, it should have a tab sticking out of the top and not a spot for an allen wrench.

 

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Not the case, old school Konis were compress to adjust based upon some searching I had turned up this:

https://honda-tech.com/zero...69983

It's a thread where Lee is liquidating a few of the old design (old in 2003). I'm just trying to figure out how to adjust these, they seem to be working okay.

 

my koni yellows are adjustable internally and externally for my 6th gen accord.

 

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Thanks for the bump if nothing else

I meant internally adjustable by compressing and twisting, not by a **** at the top of the shock. Thanks for the help though

Anyone?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JustAnotherRex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did search prior to asking but I didn't come up with an answer to the question I have I'm afraid.

I recently purchased a set of 4 Koni yellows from a guy on ebay. They don't appear to have any leaks and look to be in okay shape although they don't all rebound at the same speed.

My question is, they do not have the ***** on the top only a space for an allen key, would that make these internally adjustable? If so, how do I go about adjusting them exactly?

Thanks in advance! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Any chance you can post some pics?

 

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Any chance you can post some pics?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'll get some tomorrow and post them tomorrow night.

Judging by nicks in the paint, I'm pretty damn sure they aren't painted reds. They only have one circlip location for the GCs to sit on.

On the ones that don't have faded koni stickers the shock on the sticker is red, but I think that's just their standard design.

 

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Thanks for the bump if nothing else

I meant internally adjustable by compressing and twisting, not by a **** at the top of the shock. Thanks for the help though

Anyone? </TD></TR></TABLE>
that's what i meant too. i have the **** on the top, i had it turned all the way to firm and i was still bottoming out easily, in the adjustment instructions it show that they can be adjusted internally by pushing the piston in all the way and rotating it +/- 360 degrees. so i pulled my shocks out and tried it and now my car rides firm and i don't bottom out anymore. if you like i can take a pic of the instruction to show you. i think one adjustment is for how quick it compresses and the other in for how quick it rebounds.

 

whoa, you had double-adjustable shocks? Are you sure they weren't modified my Koni?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JustAnotherRex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did search prior to asking but I didn't come up with an answer to the question I have I'm afraid.

I recently purchased a set of 4 Koni yellows from a guy on ebay. They don't appear to have any leaks and look to be in okay shape although they don't all rebound at the same speed.

My question is, they do not have the ***** on the top only a space for an allen key, would that make these internally adjustable? If so, how do I go about adjusting them exactly?

Thanks in advance! </TD></TR></TABLE>

there do exist older style internally adjustable koni yellows. you compress the shock all the way down and then twist. sounds a lot easier than it is quite frankly.

i have a pair of rear yellows for the 88 style LCA. they do not have adjustable height perches either.

also, judging the "rebound" of the shock off the car by what i presume just pushing down and waiting for it to spring back is NOT telling of anything other than it has different levels of gas pressure. but its not an indication of the valving difference. so basically dont use that as any other test than its at least in fair condition with gas still pressurized inside.


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im curious about this too...

 

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there do exist older style internally adjustable koni yellows. you compress the shock all the way down and then twist. sounds a lot easier than it is quite frankly.

i have a pair of rear yellows for the 88 style LCA. they do not have adjustable height perches either.

also, judging the "rebound" of the shock off the car by what i presume just pushing down and waiting for it to spring back is NOT telling of anything other than it has different levels of gas pressure. but its not an indication of the valving difference. so basically dont use that as any other test than its at least in fair condition with gas still pressurized inside.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, it is definitely a pain in the *** to adjust. Any idea if they'll stop at max and mins or if I should be careful adjusting?

And I didn't figure it meant anything off the car as it isn't a real world situation, I just wanted to make sure they weren't easily determined to be junk before I a) accepted the terms of sale and b) got them ready to go on my car.

Thanks for the info Tyson, as always, you're a help

 

yeah, itll stop at the max and min value. i forget direction is which. theres some online instruction sheet on koni's website.

just put the top hat on the shock and put your weight onto it to compress. you should feel the click as it engages the adjuster. i put a screwdriver in place of where the bolt goes thru at the end of the shock to help torque and rotate the shock when trying to adjust.

 

 

Excellent! Thanks a million guys.

NokBlue, very helpful

Now I just have to pull the coilovers off of them and get my vice out I don't think I'll be adjusting these very often.

 

no problem. glad i could help.