Ok so these are coilovers and the threaded washer is a ride
height adjustment, which I won't be doing any time soon. I
remember at the '98 divisional they had 4 corner weight
measurement set up. Do they still do this? Is there another place
(like perhaps an alignment shop) where I could get that measured?
If I want to adjust ride stiffness, I'll have to look for a
valving adjustment or replace the springs.
Thanks everyone for the info.
"Michael R. Clements" wrote:
>
> My aluminum beast has shocks that look they have adjustable
> spring preload. The entire shock body is threaded like a giant
> bolt, and the spring seats to a giant threaded "washer" on the
> shock, which has another smaller threaded "lock washer" to hold
> it into place. It looks like one could adjust the preload on the
> spring by loosening the lock washer and tightening (or loosening)
> the main washer, then lock it down to the new position by
> tightening the lockwasher against it.
>
> I've never seen this before on a shock. Is this a normal thing?
> Is there a name for it? It says it has "coilover" shocks -- is
> that what this is called? And how hard is it to adjust these
> puppies -- do you have to remove the shocks? The rear ones look
> like they'd be hard to access. Maybe if I just took the wheels
> off I could reach them easily.
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Michael R. Clements
> mrc01*nospam*@flash.net
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