clunk from koni double adjustable?

2MCHPWR
02-08-2003, 06:24 PM
my car has been making a clunk going over bumpy roads, much more noticeable at slower speeds (under 30). i thought it was a bad wheel bearing. so i changed them.
unfortunatlely, the noise is still there.
now i think that my drivers side koni double adjustable shock is making the "clunk". i bought it used two years ago. i autocrossed about ten times per season (maybe slightly more).

i drove up some rhino ramps, and had a friend push down on the car from above. seems like the clunk is coming from the shock area. any other way to diagnose a broken koni?

Dr.Mudge
02-08-2003, 08:33 PM
Has it done this since install? If so, are you sure you bottomed out the shock nut? If you dont, you will get a loud clunk on bumps.

2MCHPWR
02-12-2003, 04:42 PM
mudge, i think that top nut is loose. i'm gonna take the assembly apart on sunday and tighten it down good.
fingers crossed

warner
02-12-2003, 09:15 PM
That's a good possibility the nut is loose, I had the same exact problem. It's hard to get in there to work. good luck

Dr.Mudge
02-12-2003, 09:59 PM
If you have stiff springs, you really have to make sure that you have enough clearance to bottom out that nut. I had the same issue with my fronts, even compressing the springs not much more than an inch was a real task, they are 600# springs on the front. I have visible wear on the screw itself, and the rubber on the brakes got cought in the screw, that got eaten off, as well as a washer that got twisted off. Those springs were tough to get down, and they obviously beat the crap out of my compressors too :)

So when I thought I had it bottomed out, I was wrong, and had a clunking on the right hand side on bumps and boy the suspension felt soft too (all spring, no shock), so R&R again, bottom it out, and voila.