The front Tein SS's went on without any other problem except for the bracket that holds the brake line going to the caliper, and it was welded on to the old shock. What did people do, just zip tie it to the teins? Thanks.
cool, thanks bud, I was just wondering about the line flexing more because it wasn't held down by the bracket. I guess ss lines would help fix that problem.
uh... actually you need to get the seat's off the stock shocks.. they are press on rings with the brake line attachment points built into them..
Secondly I wouldn't be using your teins without those rings in place because that means nothing other than the indent from 14mm bolt compressing the fork is holding up the car.
that ring seats positively on the top of the fork and the load bearing ridge on the bottom of the damper body.. without it you may find that the shock may "slip" and you will end up damaging the damper, or jamming it so you will be unable to get the fork off..
or worse one side will slip and your car will ride unevenly... you could adjust it out with the height adjustment, but you need to realize that one side could actually have a shortened stroke by almost 1" as as result..
explain that to me more Grant, if possible. 'Cause here's what i'm looking at:
It's the bracket with the little 'U' in it where the brake line travels through, that bracket that sits towards the bottome of the shock (4,5) Where are these press-on rings? I'm assuming the master tech doing it knows what he's doing, but that bracket was welded onto the shock housing.
If you are looking at the actual Damper (4,5) the thing at the bottoms that "stick out" are the rings I am talking about.
Some shock have the support ring welded on but the Teins and 4th gen konis do not... you need to knock that ring off the stock shock (wiht a hammer) and transfer it to the new damper..
5th gens also have these rings but they do not have all the "Stuff" sticking out of them since the brake lines on the 5th gen are attached to the knuckle.
note.. that ring you should notice has a "tooth" on it.. and (the KYB has that welded on tab als woth the "tooth") that tooth sits in the gap where the fork is split..
That "ring", the bracket, was welded onto the stock shock, the tech took a clamp and tightened it around the lower shock housing and ran the first half of the brake line through it.
That "ring", the bracket, was welded onto the stock shock, the tech took a clamp and tightened it around the lower shock housing and ran the first half of the brake line through it.
Stange.. It shouldn't have been welded on at least not a stock damper... It might look like it's been welded on but there is no reason for it to be welded on..
I would wager if it was the stock shock, a few good downward whacks with a hammer will take it right off. It's pretty tight on the stock dampers..
Besides you can't weld a stock shock.. ( or at least shouldn't) It's gas charged.. applying heat would result in a pretty decent explosion...
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