While driving yesterday, I hit a pothole. The shock became unseated at the top mount so I nursed it home and took it apart. The lower washer on the top mount expanded so that the shock piston went through it. I went to Lowe's and found a hardened steel washer that was the virtually the same size, just not lipped like the Koni one is. It has the exact same inside diameter. When I test drove it, it felt fine, although I intentionally went easy on it and didn't corner hard at all. I was wondering if I should go ahead and get a new top mount set from Koni to get their special washer or if the one I got will hold up fine?
Do you mean those forged rings? no i didn't. He recommended them for the Tom's springs (which are virtually the same as the G/Cs) but I don't really see the need for them unless you tell me otherwise.
The reason I will hold off on the washer if I can is because I would have to buy the whole top mount kit. :ugh: I don't like the idea of $15 washers if I can avoid it.
The Koni hardware includes a hardened washer that goes on the bottom of the stock shock mount bushings. The washer with the lip goes on top of the stock shock mount. Basically, the Koni hardware looks just like the stock hardware, but the ID is 12mm to fit the Koni shock shaft. Actually every Koni kit I've seen comes with two flat washers, one "dished" washer, a sleeve, and two jam nuts for each shock.
^ Oh, ok. I guess it was so destroyed that I couldn't tell and just assumed it was supposed to look the same as the top one. In that case, I had it installed correctly. I guess that also means the washer I got is virtually the same one from the Koni kit, right?
The washer with the "lip" around the edge is significantly thinner than the other two washers used on each shock assembly. If you had the washer with the lip on the bottom side of the stock mount, I could see how the shaft could break through the washer with some force from the shock. When it's on the top of the shock mount, like it should be, there's a lot more surface area over which the load is spread so the washer won't fail. Use the thickest washer on the very bottom of the assembly, right above the bump stop.
The lower washer on the top mount expanded so that the shock piston went through it. I went to Lowe's and found a hardened steel washer that was the virtually the same size, just not lipped like the Koni one is.
I guess I misunderstood this part. It made it sound like you had the washer with the "lip" on the bottom of the shock hat assembly.
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Hence $15 for the one washer that I need. I guess I'll go ahead and get it though. :sigh:
In that case, I had it installed correctly. I guess that also means the washer I got is virtually the same one from the Koni kit, right?
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