> Happy 17th May!
Thanks
>
> I fitted Koni's to my +2S about 30,000 miles ago. I set them at 1.5 turns
> originally. Over time I felt the suspension was not effectively damped (the
> car would dive, then bounce back when braking hard) so I would wind them up
> a bit. Now I have them on full "hard" and they are not satisfactory (they
> probably are worn), so I am replacing them soon with Spax shocks with
> adjustable spring perches from Spyder Engineering.
>
> How to adjust shocks with minimum effort:
>
> I got tired of winding up the springs, releasing them again to take them
> off the shocks, adjusting the shocks and going through winding up the
> springs and releasing them again, with the spring compressor I made up from
> 10mmm threaded rod. Last time I just compressed the spring once, removed
> the upper spring seat, filed out a slot to fit the shock adjuster flats in
> a suitably sized nut, brazed the nut to a 1/4" drive socket, put this on a
> 6" extension, and changed the settings in jig time.
Pardon my lousy english(and/or mechanical incompetence), but what do you
mean by "changed the settings in jig time", and the "shock adjuster
flats".
> You also only need to
> take the tension off the front suspension arms at the chassis ends, and
> also loosen the front trunnion nuts to remove the shock, no need to remove
> the arms. Also drop (and replace) the antiroll bar with the suspension
> fully loaded.
>
> The rear shocks, now that's another story !
The joys of Lotus ownership ;)
>
> I have recently taken delivery of a Spyder chassis, looks good, will be
> doing the changeover soon.
Thats the way to go :)
Tor Hval <torhv@ifi.uio.no>
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