Anybody have any problems installing a set of koni yellows on the rear of a 01 prelude? I tried to help a friend this weekend and when installing the rears, the lower shock bolt cross-threaded the welded nut on the shock on both sides. Upon closer inspection, the lower portion of the shock where the bolt slides through was not in perfect alignment with the other side where the bolt threads in. Both shocks were off by the same amount. Any fixes? thanks.

edmund

 

just installed my konis yesterday and the werent lined up either, we vise gripped then untill they lined up, then it went it fine.

EDIT:; watch out though they came flying off and my friend split his eyebrow open....


[Modified by 2k1_ITR_0736, 2:02 AM 3/31/2003]

 

so...is it a good idea to use vice grip or no? anyone else have this problem?

 

i had the same problem on my accord

what u do is. get a long flat crew driver and lift the shock up a lil bit and it will line up.............

if u don't know how to do that, need to let the pro do it..............

 

this is not his Accord

 

we just needed to pinch them together so that everything was at a 90* angle and the holes lined up so we could thread it.

 

sounds good, thanks

edmund, i guess mb i'll just bring it into work tomorrow and see if my boss can help me with that, i'm also emailing koni themselves to see what they say