ungucpho

I spoke to KW and they said to compress the shock and turn the rod with a small allen wrench, is this right? the rod that the allen wrench turns can turn even if the shock isn't compressed

markbradford

Correct - it works. Make certain the shock is FULLY compressed.

ungucpho

i don't want to find out i did it wrong after the suspension is in.

markbradford

To be honest I can't remember completely, it's been at least a few months. Try emailing TommyV in the Chicago forum - it was his buddy John's car that we were working on.

RKA

adjuster mechanism inside the shock body. If you don't have the piston compressed all the way, you won't make any changes to the dampening when rotating the piston.

markbradford

Kinda need to wing it IIRC

ungucpho

i'm assuming i did it right but would like to make sure

ungucpho

i'll probably call KW tomorrow but i've called them so many times i'm afraid i'll start bugging them

821 dtw (Greg)

to rotate it until it stops (full soft or full hard depending on direction).

RKA

you'll feel a hard stop (which should enough feedback to let you know you're doing it right), then adjust "X turns" from full soft.

Obviously, if you don't know the current setting, count the number of turns from it's initial setting to full soft, so you have a baseline, then add or subtract from that baseline as necessary when you set it at it's final setting.