Tein Adjustment Knob

[Zman]

I've got a set of monoflexs but without the adjustment knobs. Roughly how many degrees rotation is 8 clicks? 180 degrees? 360 degrees?

thanks

[billywhiz]

I'm presuming your shocks don't click (one of my BCs did that),How many degrees full soft to full hard / number of clicks they are meant to have = degrees per click then go from there

[Zman]

apparently overwinding the Teins is bad....

Edited December 25, 2015 by Zman

[billywhiz]

Right you are Tein CEO and I'm your senior product manager.

"Hi boss we've just developed a new adjustable shock, it has an operating range of 0-10 clicks, any more and they go bang. I've decided to release them with 0-15 clicks to see if users read the instructions"

Do i still have a job?

[Zman]

[hardsteppa]

Look either they click when you turn them, or they don't. If they don't then amount of clicks is irrelevant, innit. If they do click, then count how many from full softon to full hardon, then work back.

[Zman]

they dont click as i dont have the adjustment knob.

However perhaps someone here does have the knob and can give me an idea of how many rotations is 8 clicks, aight?

[hardsteppa]

iirc the adjustment knob is just an allen key/hex head key. So forgive me, i am unsure of your current status in ability to turn the alleged adjustment module on the coilovers in question - you can turn them now and would just like the knob to see how far it turns, or you can't turn them at all at the moment?

[Zman]

I can easily turn it with an allen key, however according to the Tein manual "Turning the knob past its limit will result in damage to the damper".

So essentially i've got no indication of the full range to go by.

[hardsteppa]

Ok. I have tein superstreets on my other car and the adjustment knob is just a hex shaped rod with a green knob on the end. Its in storage and not that close but will check next time i'm there, i don't think it will tell you anything an allen key will do anyway though.

[GTRPSI]

Make no difference if you have the knob or use a allen key, either way its going to click.

If your going in a direction and its not clicking, you have gone too far, go the other way.

A better way to work it out is to remove a shocker that clicks, remove the spring and compress the shocker on the ground a few times, feel the shockers resistance with the clicks all the way one way and then all the other way around.

Then try the one that wont click in the same way, using what you learnt from the good shocker will indicate which way to turn the one that didn't click.