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Posted by: sj914 Jul 10 2005, 07:46 PM

I was dry fitting my koni yellows into my koni oe struts and found that the gland nut does not thread in all the way. Can anyone post a pic or specifics on the special gland nut used to mount the koni yellows in the oe koni strut housing.

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Posted by: lagunero Jul 11 2005, 02:55 PM

The "special" gland nut part number is: 73 25 01 011 1 . That is the part that Koni sent me.

Posted by: Mueller Jul 11 2005, 02:58 PM

want to sell the "incorrect" gland nuts?

I bought a pair of Konis and they did not come with the gland nuts.........

Posted by: lagunero Jul 11 2005, 02:59 PM

just pay shipping

Posted by: Cloudbuster Jul 11 2005, 03:35 PM

John Rogers mentions http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=34173&hl=strut that struts vary greatly and that the stud on the bottom end of the Koni can be cut to get the right length.

Did I read that right?

Also, I didn't get 'correct' gland nuts with my yellow Konis.

Posted by: sj914 Jul 11 2005, 03:44 PM

I don't know if the gland nuts I have are the special gland nuts or the stock one's. When I assembled the shock, the gland nut still has a couple threads sticking out, but does do the job of holding the shock in place. My concern is if the gland nut is supposed to stick out that much out of the housing.

I seem to recall reading something on the bird board about shaving a couple mm off of the bottom stump so the shock sits down further into the strut.

Posted by: sj914 Jul 11 2005, 04:26 PM

QUOTE (Mueller @ Jul 11 2005, 12:58 PM)
want to sell the "incorrect" gland nuts?

I bought a pair of Konis and they did not come with the gland nuts.........

You can have mine if I have to buy the correct gland nuts.

Posted by: lagunero Jul 11 2005, 04:42 PM

QUOTE (Cloudbuster @ Jul 11 2005, 02:35 PM)
John Rogers mentions http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=34173&hl=strut that struts vary greatly and that the stud on the bottom end of the Koni can be cut to get the right length.

Did I read that right?

Also, I didn't get 'correct' gland nuts with my yellow Konis.

Yea I had read about that but I'm afraid to void any warranty. I had to buy an extra gland nut and Koni sent me the "special" nut claiming it was the right one for the red insert, well it turns out to be the same "special" nut for the yellow insert. We shall soon find out which ones work. Where did you guys buy your struts from?

Posted by: sj914 Jul 11 2005, 04:46 PM

I bought mine on ebay brand new, but shipped from england. Took 3 months to get, but it got here.

Posted by: sj914 Jul 13 2005, 09:41 AM

I just recieved an email response from Koni about the gland nut.
Here' s the response that they gave:

"2mm is good and normal. That lets you know that the force of the nut
being tightened is due to the insert being held in properly and not that
the threads have bottomed out. This is normal and expected."

Posted by: Joe Ricard Jul 13 2005, 10:13 AM

QUOTE (sj914 @ Jul 13 2005, 07:41 AM)
I just recieved an email response from Koni about the gland nut.
Here' s the response that they gave:

"2mm is good and normal. That lets you know that the force of the nut
being tightened is due to the insert being held in properly and not that
the threads have bottomed out. This is normal and expected."

That's what I was going to say. Seemed OK to me too.

Posted by: sj914 Jul 13 2005, 10:19 AM

Good thing I didn't start grinding down the bottom stump.

Posted by: V6914 Jul 13 2005, 12:43 PM

QUOTE (sj914 @ Jul 13 2005, 07:41 AM)
I just recieved an email response from Koni about the gland nut.
Here' s the response that they gave:

"2mm is good and normal. That lets you know that the force of the nut
being tightened is due to the insert being held in properly and not that
the threads have bottomed out. This is normal and expected."

If, you havn't put the struts in yet, you could put the gland nut on and screw it down , without the inserts in, to see how far they screw down, just for extra peace of mind.

Posted by: sj914 Jul 13 2005, 01:11 PM

The nuts actually do screw all the way down and the top of the nut does bottom out on the housing.

In the pictures with the insert installed, the gland nut is only on finger tight.