DeTomaso Mailing List: September 97, Message #80
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Sorry for the late reply to this thread, but there were 220+ Pantera list = messages waiting for me when I got into work this morning (after being = out of the office for the last 4 days). On Front Shock removal ---------------------- You're are missing Brock's point, you don't have to release the lower = ball joint at the taper to release the lower shock, just remove the 2 = through bolts holding the ball joint to the lower a-arm and the a-arm can = be lowered farther to allow more room to pull the stock and/or Koni = shocks out (I guess Aldans and Carreras front shocks are shorter = preventing this problem). On Koni Shocks -------------- I believe the problem that Brock is having is the same I dealt with = earlier this year. The Koni's have a defective upper extension bumper, = which disintegrates and clogs up the oil passages. Mine disintegrated = when I left the suspension hanging for several months; worked before, = didn't work after. It seems that when left hanging with full pressure on = the shocks extension bumber, the bumper will disintegrate; whether it = breaks up or just "flows" I don't really know. Brock's problem may be = similar... My original shocks are currently back on my car, the Koni's are awaiting = a rebuild. Does anyone have a current contact for the Koni rebuild shop = (Brock ?), I hear it is now a division of ITT somewhere back east. Craig Cline '74 #7352 - da Green One -------------------------------------- Date: 8/30/97 3:55 PM To: Craig Cline From: JDeRyke@aol.com Correcto. NO effect on alignment. Reason I said do the top is, often the taper on the ball joint is hard to release. J DeRyke ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by smtp.rc.trw.com with SMTP;30 Aug 1997 15:53:28 U Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tvol-gw.tvol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) = id RAA01854 for detomaso-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:38:46 -0400 Received: from hj.tvol.com (hj.tvol.com [38.219.83.2]) by = tvol-gw.tvol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA01850 for = <detomaso@tvol-gw.tvol.com>; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:38:44 -0400 Received: from emout15.mail.aol.com (emout15.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.41]) = by hj.tvol.com (8.8.7/8.8.3) with ESMTP id SAA03357 for = <detomaso@wgate.com>; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:42:21 -0400 (EDT) From: JDeRyke@aol.com Received: (from root@localhost) by emout15.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id SAA05393; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:42:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:42:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <970830183958_839976427@emout15.mail.aol.com> To: brockctella@juno.com cc: forest.majors@snet.net, detomaso@wgate.com Subject: Re: Re: Shocks Sender: owner-detomaso@wgate.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: JDeRyke@aol.com ==============================================================================