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Spanky, I will give that a try and cross my fingers and toes.

I had one of mine get the compression adjustment locked up. The way I freed it up was to move the rebound adjustment to its' extreme settings a few times, and the leave it at the lower setting. I then went back to see if the compression was free. Then I set the rebound to the highest setting, and then went back to check the compression adjustment to find that it was then free.  I do not know how these two setting are mechanically interconnected, but it worked. Maybe I was crossing my fingers just right.

Unfortunately, on 2 of my 4 shocks the external rebound adjusters have seized up and will not turn.
Tried spraying lube on them but now luck. They were probably seized from day one, and Koni shocks with their so called "lifetime" warranty will not service them free of charge because I am not the original owner...Brammo is.
If I ever upgrade my shocks, I will never get another Koni product as to me they are scum bags.
I have to send my shocks in to get rebuilt. Pretty shitty since they are only 2 years old with only 13,000 miles on them.
I removed the helper springs and the shocks seem to move much better with less sticttion and no more of that clunking sound on braking or accelerating. However, on bumpy turns the car now seems to bounce a lot and is not very stable. If the rebound adjusters worked I could just crank them for a slower rebound and that would settle the car.
The compression is better without the helper springs, but since I have no control of the rebound I will have to put the helpers back on with will slow down the rebound and stabilize the car in bumpy corners until I get the shocks rebuilt.

[quote="maverick1"]
spanky, I am also playing with my shock settings.
What setting are you going to use for the compression on your shocks?
I kinda now wish I had gone with the higher end shocks that have easy external adjusters for both compression and rebound.
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7 clicks of compression
5 sweeps of rebound

spanky, I am also playing with my shock settings.
What setting are you going to use for the compression on your shocks?
I kinda now wish I had gone with the higher end shocks that have easy external adjusters for both compression and rebound.

[quote="twebb"]
I believe the CCW is as you look down on the shock.
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Thanks.

The original rebound & compression setting on all 4 dampers were set to 2 by someone at Brammo.

I believe the CCW is as you look down on the shock.

I read the instructions for making adjustments on my 3012 Koni shocks, and for compression/bump, it says to rotate the rod counter-clockwise to increase the setting. Well,  I am confused for two reasons. The term counter-clockwise is a relative term. If I am holding the shock straight up with the rod & eye emerging upward out of the body, I have two choices, CCW as looking down on the end of the shock body and brass button, or CWW as looking from the shock body toward the extended rod & eye end. I have seen no pictures to make this clear to me.

My first guess was made further unclear to me as it meant that Brammo had it set at 2. Brammo would not have set it so low?   I am just now getting around to resolving my suspension issues, and don't want to have to pull these all off next week because I made the wrong guess on the direction.

Help, please clarify this for me.   

[quote="twebb"]
Mav,

I've used Allen wrenches in the past to adjust the remound.  That is what should be on the"top" of the shock.  Compression should be adjustable via the brass button on the shock body.

I've never had the rebound adjuster bind up.  I'd give Truechoice a call and ask their tech guys.  You could also try teh Shock Shop.

Good luck.

Tim
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Thanks Tim.
The circular rebound adjuster is definitely bound up. I've tried using an allen key and it will not turn.
I spoke to someone at Truechoice and they said definitely do not force it.
I will probably have to send the shocks in for service.
Just wish Koni were an upstanding company, and honor their so called lifetime warranty, and not try and weasel out of it with a technicality.
cheers

Mav,

I've used Allen wrenches in the past to adjust the remound.  That is what should be on the"top" of the shock.  Compression should be adjustable via the brass button on the shock body.

I've never had the rebound adjuster bind up.  I'd give Truechoice a call and ask their tech guys.  You could also try teh Shock Shop.

Good luck.

Tim

[quote="Nicholas"]
Not sure why you would need to get it aligned after messing with the damper settings.

If you're not adjusting the length, then none of the geometry is changing.

Since the dampers do not adjust the ride height - simply how fast they get there, I don't see how adjusting one would alter the other.

Would love to know why I'm wrong.  <G>
(It happens a lot.)
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sorry you must be correct, I was not understanding what he was asking for...in my head I was seeing the length of the shock changing....my bad.

Not sure why you would need to get it aligned after messing with the damper settings.

If you're not adjusting the length, then none of the geometry is changing.

Since the dampers do not adjust the ride height - simply how fast they get there, I don't see how adjusting one would alter the other.

Would love to know why I'm wrong.  <G>
(It happens a lot.)

after you mess with that make sure you get it aligned..........just saying

I have Koni 3012's for sale, but a rebuild would probably be cheaper...

To adjust the Koni's 3012's, you unbolt one end of the shock, and extend it fully.
Then you press the brass button, and rotate the shock.
Release the button when it's in the right place, rotate the shock back to fit it to the bracket.

They also talk about a 'tool' for rotating the in-place adjustments, but then suggest a 2.5mm allen wrench also works.

Do not force them - they will break and require a rebuild - and koni is not standing by their warranty.